Re: What's It All About, Ian?

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <CCqFpy.2pM@well.sf.ca.us> joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) writes:

>sample copy with a very specific purpose in mind. Or, there was "method
>to my madness". I consider Ian Schmidt, aside from being a fantastic IIGS
>programmer, to be the net's harshest critic. By that, I mean that he is

Heh.  I'm not half as bad as certain infamous persons (also @iastate.edu, so
people who read both like Phil McDunnough know to whom I refer) who inhabit
comp.sys.amiga.*.  Of course, that person is generally lacking in technical
knowledge :)

>Knowing full well that Ian would tell the net exactly what he thought
>about SSII, and that he wouldn't mince words, I sent him off a copy,
>knowing that if he didn't like it, he'd tell you in no uncertain terms.

I kinda figured that was your purpose in the first place (:

>I do want to say that reading between the lines, I detect an almost
>reverential respect from Ian for what I have done. Please correct me if
>I'm wrong on that, Ian. I just have a feeling that Shareware Solutions II
>impressed the heck out of you, didn't it?

I'm primarily impressed at your ability to really upset Dr. Tom actually, as
he relayed to me last time he phoned me *grrr*.  But, back on track, yeah, I
was expecting some dime-a-dozen newsletter run off on an IW II in Shaston 8 or
something equally horrible.  I was quite pleasantly shocked to discover that
SSII is quite the opposite; it's tastefully typeset on a high-quality printer.

>Oh well, I just didn't want to let some comments get misinterpreted, as
>I'm awful proud of what I have created, and I seriously think that SSII
>is just the thing for the vast majority of Apple II users. And, it sure
>seems as if everyone who has seen SSII agrees with me. Even Ian, in his
>own inimical way.

Sure.  Like I said, if you can read this, and you need a good read, give SS II
a try.  With the money-back guarantee you simply can't lose.

>In fact, when Ian commented "You'll find a lot of useful information
>which is clearly written" that was about the highest compliment I could
>have imagined coming from him.

And to switch gears a bit, if you've been using MODZap 0.90b3 and are sick of
the crashing problems, I've fixed the QuadraScope and am working on other
minor issues; new release probably in less than 1 week, possibly before Monday
:)
-- 
Ian Schmidt        |"And so it crept out of the atomic mists --the incredible
Two Meg Software   | Silverware Creature.  Its only goal: to destroy
irsman@iastate.edu | mankind as we know it -- spooning and forking its way to
IRSMan@aol.com     | world domination" - J.M. DeMatteis, X-Factor #94.