OT: MACDRAFT story/endorsement

[Stephen Barncard]

In 1988 I had the same need in building studios at A&M Records. We 
had yet to decide on what platform to use, and what software. 
Hypercard was just on the horizion. I was an old Apple guy - and 
leaning toward the Mac anyway, but I thought I'd try to level the 
playing field.

First I went into a PC store in Simi Valley and asked to see a 
working demo of the 'best' CAD software. I think they put up Autocad. 
The background was black, the lines were white and some other basic 
colors, and although there was a mouse, the whole interface seemed 
clunky and non-intuitive. I hated it. The PC wasn't ready then.

Then I went to an Egghead software store (remember them?) and found 
MacDraft. I asked if I could try it out (! try that today !) and they 
let me play with it for an hour. I could work with it immediately. I 
bought it on the spot, even before I had a Mac. Great, classic 
MacDraw interface. We used it to build everything. Studios, track 
sheets, equipment notations,forms, etc.

They're still around - and the product is at the $290 price point. 
Just bought an new copy last year. It ain't Powerdraw, but it covers 
99 percent of most needs.

>
>Not a bad option, and I love MacDraft (I once made my living drawing 
>facilities diagram with it).
>
>  Richard Gaskin

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stephen barncard
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