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RE: Labels and other "Panel" formats



Hey Folks:

On Thursday, November 20, 1997 4:31 PM, Thomas J. Hawley [SMTP:tjh@xxxxxxxx] wrote:
>
> But my all-time favorite is Dan Bricklin's PageGarden. It was a
> well-regarded product for a while in 1989 when it came out, and then
> dropped into obscurity. Basically, it's an interpreted programming
> language interface for laser printers that allows you to do just about
> anything. I still use it for things like name badges. The manual (written
> by Bricklin after he had written the software) is probably the best
> software documentation ever produced! ≪ hall of fame, along with Xy, Ultravision, Magellan.≫>
>

Anyone notice a pattern here, where software that really gets the job done simply drifts off into
digital oblivion.

TR...