No surprising, I get asked this more often then anything. Still here?
Obviously yes. Actively developing? Hard to call it that I suppose. I
fix bugs for folks when needed, and answer private emails when needed,
but generally just idling along.

Generally, PageStream works. I've looked over the wishlist of features
from time to time, and just not enough there to get excited about. I
can't charge people in good faith for nothing, and so we sit. Actions of
others a few years ago forced me to do contract work, and now I make too
much money to give that up (good or bad I suppose). I do have some
updates in the wings that existing users would be happy to have but just
can't get over the hump of work to release it (mainly documenting all
the changes).

Deron

On 3/11/16 8:33 AM, Normandy Group normandygroup@optonline.net
[PageStreamSupport] wrote:
>
>
> Support:
>
> I originally purchased the Pagestream program in 1986 for use on my
> then Atari computer. I actually used it to publish a securities market
> letter and found it to be an excellent product. I later gravitated to
> a Mac, but due to career changes did not engage in any desktop
> publishing for the next 25+ years. Anyway, I now have a need to
> publish a newsletter again for an organization I am involved with and
> immediately I thought of Pagestream. However, my questions are:
>
> 1.Is the company still in the business of producing Pagestream or is
> that now ancient history?
>
> 2. I now operate a 27" iMac of 2012-2013 vintage configured with a 3.4
> Ghz Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB of RAM, operating with OS 10.8.5.
> If the answer to #1 above is "Yes", can the current version of
> Pagestream operate with this hardware configuration?
>
> 3. Again assuming "yes" to the above questions, what is the difference
> between Pagestream 5.0 Standard and the Pro verision?
>
> 4. Can Pagestream import text from Word docs or PDF docs?
>
> I realize that if the program is available I will have to climb the
> learning curve once again, but as I said, I found your original
> program to be excellent and certainly would look to use it again if
> that were possible.
>
> Thanks for answering my inquiry. If the program is available as per
> the above requirements, please also email purchasing directions.
>
>
>
>
> /Peter von Nessi, CSA-G/

--
Deron Kazmaier - support@pagestream.org
Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.pagestream.org
PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

Glad to hear you are okay, Deron.

Maybe it is time for us, users of PageStream, to come up with new
ideas/wishes.
Other DTP-programs don't have options you would like to incorporate in PGS?

I hope that someday, better sooner, there is an updated PGS.

Greetings,

Theo - Windows 10 and PGS 5.0.5.8 and 5.0.5.7 (sometimes (!) copy/paste
doesn't work in 5.0.5.

Op 11-3-2016 om 17:56 schreef PageStream Support deron@pagestream.org
[PageStreamSupport]:
> No surprising, I get asked this more often then anything. Still here?
> Obviously yes. Actively developing? Hard to call it that I suppose. I
> fix bugs for folks when needed, and answer private emails when needed,
> but generally just idling along.
>
>
> Generally, PageStream works. I've looked over the wishlist of features
> from time to time, and just not enough there to get excited about. I
> can't charge people in good faith for nothing, and so we sit. Actions of
> others a few years ago forced me to do contract work, and now I make too
> much money to give that up (good or bad I suppose). I do have some
> updates in the wings that existing users would be happy to have but just
> can't get over the hump of work to release it (mainly documenting all
> the changes).
>
>
> Deron
>
>
>
>
> On 3/11/16 8:33 AM, Normandy Group normandygroup@optonline.net
> [PageStreamSupport] wrote:
>>
>> Support:
>>
>> I originally purchased the Pagestream program in 1986 for use on my
>> then Atari computer. I actually used it to publish a securities market
>> letter and found it to be an excellent product. I later gravitated to
>> a Mac, but due to career changes did not engage in any desktop
>> publishing for the next 25+ years. Anyway, I now have a need to
>> publish a newsletter again for an organization I am involved with and
>> immediately I thought of Pagestream. However, my questions are:
>>
>> 1.Is the company still in the business of producing Pagestream or is
>> that now ancient history?
>>
>> 2. I now operate a 27" iMac of 2012-2013 vintage configured with a 3.4
>> Ghz Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB of RAM, operating with OS 10.8.5.
>> If the answer to #1 above is "Yes", can the current version of
>> Pagestream operate with this hardware configuration?
>>
>> 3. Again assuming "yes" to the above questions, what is the difference
>> between Pagestream 5.0 Standard and the Pro verision?
>>
>> 4. Can Pagestream import text from Word docs or PDF docs?
>>
>> I realize that if the program is available I will have to climb the
>> learning curve once again, but as I said, I found your original
>> program to be excellent and certainly would look to use it again if
>> that were possible.
>>
>> Thanks for answering my inquiry. If the program is available as per
>> the above requirements, please also email purchasing directions.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> /Peter von Nessi, CSA-G/
>

--
Redacteur, illustrator bij Ligfiets.net

Hi Deron,

I stopped using Pagestream about 2010 when I switched to an iMac computer. For writing math stuff I use TeX and TeXShop which is a marvellous typesetting system but requires a steep learning curve.

PageStream was a wonderful program for me, and I spent hundreds of hours working with it. However, to support PageStream on all the platforms that you maintained was an impossible task and your work in that regard was amazing.

Every time Apple comes out with a new version of their operating system, the guys who maintain TeXShop and associated front-ends have to re-examine and fix various bugs induced by the changes in the OS. And, there is a host of these very enlightened persons all over the globe that contribute to maintaining and upgrading the software --- not just ONE.

Very happy to hear that other work is bringing in the bacon for you. Wishing you and your family the very best, I am

Don Ferguson in Lethbridge Alberta.

On 11Mar2016, at 9:56 AM, PageStream Support deron@pagestream.org [PageStreamSupport] <PageStreamSupport@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> No surprising, I get asked this more often then anything. Still here?
> Obviously yes. Actively developing? Hard to call it that I suppose. I
> fix bugs for folks when needed, and answer private emails when needed,
> but generally just idling along.
>
>
> Generally, PageStream works. I've looked over the wishlist of features
> from time to time, and just not enough there to get excited about. I
> can't charge people in good faith for nothing, and so we sit. Actions of
> others a few years ago forced me to do contract work, and now I make too
> much money to give that up (good or bad I suppose). I do have some
> updates in the wings that existing users would be happy to have but just
> can't get over the hump of work to release it (mainly documenting all
> the changes).

>
>
> Deron
>
> <<snip>>

don green dragon
fergdc@shaw.ca

On 3/11/2016 1:28 PM, Jim Saklad jimdoc@icloud.com [PageStreamSupport]
wrote:
>> Glad to hear you are okay, Deron.
>>
>> Maybe it is time for us, users of PageStream, to come up with new
>> ideas/wishes.
>> Other DTP-programs don't have options you would like to incorporate
>> in PGS?
>>
>> I hope that someday, better sooner, there is an updated PGS.
>>
>> Theo - Windows 10 and PGS 5.0.5.8 and 5.0.5.7 (sometimes (!)
>> copy/paste doesn't work in 5.0.5.
>
> I discovered Pagestream in about 1988, and used it on my Amiga until
> the Amiga could no longer be resuscitated.
>
> I have it on my Mac now, but rarely have any need for its talents.
>
> Back in the Amiga days I took some printed documents and re-created
> them in Pagestream to a precision (by tweaking font, character
> spacing, etc.) that made my printouts indistinguishable from the
> originals (except clearer).
>
> I just tried doing that today.
> I took a poor-quality image of a document, OCR’d it, corrected the
> text by hand, then laboriously brought it into a new Pagestream document.
>
> I say “laboriously” because cut-and-paste didn’t work for me (Mac
> 5.0.5.7); selecting any text covers that text with solid black overlay
> (“redacted”); and eventually trying to adjust fonts for legibility in
> small sizes, and character and line spacing to fit in the requires
> space, crashed the program.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com

I still use PageStream on Windows regularly. I started, about 1986 I
think, on the Amiga and then with Berndt Meyer's Amithlon and finally
Windows.

--

DAVID L. STEVENS -- TEAM AMIGA --
Windows XP user (:^(> on Acer Aspire 9810 2.16 GHz Notebook
2 GB RAM; 3 150-GB Hard Drives; CanoScan LIDE 20
Canon iB4020 & Brother HL-5050 PageStream v5.0.5.7 Pro
I do not necessarily agree with my taglines

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groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar & fat.
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Deron, good to hear that you are still around and well (from what I
understand).

I, like many others, still have PageStream on the harddrive and do use it.

Perhaps we should set up a feature-wish-list and see if we can think up
something challenging enough to persuade Deron to come out of hibernation

I know this is hardly interesting nor fun to make, but I would like to
see a generel overhaul of PageStream, especially the GUI.

I would even pay for an upgrade with an overhauled GUI and a little
improvement of already existing features.

Greetings,

Philip Marquard

On 12-03-2016 01:56, PageStream Support deron@pagestream.org
[PageStreamSupport] wrote:
> No surprising, I get asked this more often then anything. Still here?
> Obviously yes. Actively developing? Hard to call it that I suppose. I
> fix bugs for folks when needed, and answer private emails when needed,
> but generally just idling along.
>
>
> Generally, PageStream works. I've looked over the wishlist of features
> from time to time, and just not enough there to get excited about. I
> can't charge people in good faith for nothing, and so we sit. Actions of
> others a few years ago forced me to do contract work, and now I make too
> much money to give that up (good or bad I suppose). I do have some
> updates in the wings that existing users would be happy to have but just
> can't get over the hump of work to release it (mainly documenting all
> the changes).
>
>
> Deron
>
>
>
>
> On 3/11/16 8:33 AM, Normandy Group normandygroup@optonline.net
> [PageStreamSupport] wrote:
>>

>> Support:
>>
>> I originally purchased the Pagestream program in 1986 for use on my
>> then Atari computer. I actually used it to publish a securities market
>> letter and found it to be an excellent product. I later gravitated to
>> a Mac, but due to career changes did not engage in any desktop
>> publishing for the next 25+ years. Anyway, I now have a need to
>> publish a newsletter again for an organization I am involved with and
>> immediately I thought of Pagestream. However, my questions are:
>>
>> 1.Is the company still in the business of producing Pagestream or is
>> that now ancient history?
>>
>> 2. I now operate a 27" iMac of 2012-2013 vintage configured with a 3.4
>> Ghz Intel Core i7 processor, 16 GB of RAM, operating with OS 10.8.5.
>> If the answer to #1 above is "Yes", can the current version of
>> Pagestream operate with this hardware configuration?
>>
>> 3. Again assuming "yes" to the above questions, what is the difference
>> between Pagestream 5.0 Standard and the Pro verision?
>>
>> 4. Can Pagestream import text from Word docs or PDF docs?
>>
>> I realize that if the program is available I will have to climb the
>> learning curve once again, but as I said, I found your original
>> program to be excellent and certainly would look to use it again if
>> that were possible.
>>
>> Thanks for answering my inquiry. If the program is available as per
>> the above requirements, please also email purchasing directions.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> /Peter von Nessi, CSA-G/
>

On 3/13/2016 7:42 PM, 'P. Marquard' pmarquard@Cunning-Enterprises.com
[PageStreamSupport] wrote:
>
> Deron, good to hear that you are still around and well (from what I
> understand).
>
> I, like many others, still have PageStream on the harddrive and do use it.
>
> Perhaps we should set up a feature-wish-list and see if we can think up
> something challenging enough to persuade Deron to come out of
> hibernation
>
> I know this is hardly interesting nor fun to make, but I would like to
> see a generel overhaul of PageStream, especially the GUI.
>
> I would even pay for an upgrade with an overhauled GUI and a little
> improvement of already existing features.
>

So, what's wrong with the GUI? I like it as it is.

--

DAVID L. STEVENS -- TEAM AMIGA --
Windows XP user (:^(> on Acer Aspire 9810 2.16 GHz Notebook
2 GB RAM; 3 150-GB Hard Drives; CanoScan LIDE 20
Canon iB4020 & Brother HL-5050 PageStream v5.0.5.7 Pro
I do not necessarily agree with my taglines

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On 3/13/2016 7:42 PM, 'P. Marquard' pmarquard@Cunning-Enterprises.com 
[PageStreamSupport] wrote:

Deron, good to hear that you are still around and well (from what I
understand).


I, like many others, still have PageStream on the harddrive and do use it.


Perhaps we should set up a feature-wish-list and see if we can think up
something challenging enough to persuade Deron to come out of 
hibernation :)


I know this is hardly interesting nor fun to make, but I would like to
see a generel overhaul of PageStream, especially the GUI.


I would even pay for an upgrade with an overhauled GUI and a little
improvement of already existing features.

So, what's wrong with the GUI? I like it as it is.

-- 
Redacteur, illustrator bij Ligfiets.net

Op 14-3-2016 om 15:48 schreef 'David L. Stevens' dave_stevens@comcast.net [PageStreamSupport]:

On 3/13/2016 7:42 PM, 'P. Marquard' pmarquard@Cunning-Enterprises.com 
[PageStreamSupport] wrote:

Deron, good to hear that you are still around and well (from what I
understand).




I, like many others, still have PageStream on the harddrive and do use it.




Perhaps we should set up a feature-wish-list and see if we can think up
something challenging enough to persuade Deron to come out of 
hibernation :)




I know this is hardly interesting nor fun to make, but I would like to
see a generel overhaul of PageStream, especially the GUI.




I would even pay for an upgrade with an overhauled GUI and a little
improvement of already existing features.

So, what's wrong with the GUI? I like it as it is.

I too! But if it is a challenge for Deron to start again with full force... :-)

So, Philip, what would you like to see changing on the GUI? New icons? Well, you can make them yourself (but I have to look hard how to do this, but somewhere is an user manual. I know, I started once, but stopped soon because it is much work).

And, Deron, I'll pay for an update (just repeating myself).

BTW, Deron, PGS 5.0.5.8 had an unusual bug yesterday: I saved a document as PDF. And only 152 bytes (or was it bits?) was saved. I tried many possibilities, but no avail, always the same amount in bytes/bits. I closed 5.0.5.8 and opened 5.0.5.7 at the same system (not rebooting Windows 10), and this PGS saved the full PDF.

Theo

-- 
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The GUI:

The windows within PageStream act in a strange way (going on memory here - I am abroad and do not have PageStream on my laptop).

If PageStream somehow loses focus all the "small" windows disappears only to re-appear when you click in PageStream again.

This happens if you for example open a requester in PageStream such as print or save and click OK, so that the requester closes.

This is - for me, at least - extremely baffeling and annoying.

And with the new way that Win7, 8 and 10 designs windows (with a huge loss of space in the borders), the layout/design of windows in PageStream suffers.


Basically, I am pleased with the GUI as such, it simply needs some brush-up in order to make it work mre smoothly with the newer versions of Windows. - Which is probably not simple to do at all.


There are some other things that could do with a touch-up or bug-fixing.
- Printing, for one (I have to save as PDF and print from a PDF-viewer. Since PDF is a lousy format a lot of formatting is lost in the process).
- Copying (I understand others have some problems here).

And probably other problems.


Greetings,

Philip Marquard


On 15-03-2016 02:21, Theo Zweers tjzwrs@gmail.com [PageStreamSupport] wrote:

Op 14-3-2016 om 15:48 schreef 'David L. Stevens' dave_stevens@comcast.net [PageStreamSupport]:

On 3/13/2016 7:42 PM, 'P. Marquard' pmarquard@Cunning-Enterprises.com 
[PageStreamSupport] wrote:

Deron, good to hear that you are still around and well (from what I
understand).








I, like many others, still have PageStream on the harddrive and do use it.








Perhaps we should set up a feature-wish-list and see if we can think up
something challenging enough to persuade Deron to come out of 
hibernation :)








I know this is hardly interesting nor fun to make, but I would like to
see a generel overhaul of PageStream, especially the GUI.








I would even pay for an upgrade with an overhauled GUI and a little
improvement of already existing features.

So, what's wrong with the GUI? I like it as it is.

I too! But if it is a challenge for Deron to start again with full force... :-)

So, Philip, what would you like to see changing on the GUI? New icons? Well, you can make them yourself (but I have to look hard how to do this, but somewhere is an user manual. I know, I started once, but stopped soon because it is much work).

And, Deron, I'll pay for an update (just repeating myself).

BTW, Deron, PGS 5.0.5.8 had an unusual bug yesterday: I saved a document as PDF. And only 152 bytes (or was it bits?) was saved. I tried many possibilities, but no avail, always the same amount in bytes/bits. I closed 5.0.5.8 and opened 5.0.5.7 at the same system (not rebooting Windows 10), and this PGS saved the full PDF.

Theo

-- 
Redacteur, illustrator bij Ligfiets.net

I have a semi-related question. I have what was once a perfectly good A4000 but it has not been used in over 10 years partially due to monitor problems. I also have an old monitor but am not sure it works or not (I think it is an A1942 without going out to look at it. I also have my old original A1000 with all kinds of goodies and I may even have a little time before long to play. Can anyone tell me if there is any way to use a modern monitor with one of these old computers before I try to get the computer out for playing. Would love to hear a positive answer but any answer would be better than wasting weeks trying to do something that can't be done.

Would also love to hear from any experts out there at running the emulator on windows 10. I have 8 GB and plenty of disk space but have yet to figure out how to use it and hopefully be able to read old disks somehow. The main program I have wanted to use is AC-Basic because of an old program I wrote and would actually like to see if I can make it work again and even rewrite it again for the PC using a basic for the pc.

Thanks to anyone for any help.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:07 PM, woodenflutes@yahoo.ca [PageStreamSupport] <PageStreamSupport@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Yes, I would pay for an upgrade too.  I use PageStream in Windows and under Wine in Linux (works more smoothly in Windows but is usable in Wine).

Brent

-- 
Redacteur, illustrator bij Ligfiets.net

Hi Brian,
This is what you need to use any modern monitor on your A4000D:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1170

Remove or replace the internal real time clock battery from the A4000
as this leaks and causes corrosion damage.

I still use PageStream 4 a lot on my A4000T at home. While working
away from home for a year at a time here in Antarctica, I use WinUAE on
the Windows 7 work machines to run various Amiga software, including
PageStream, which is what I use for all technical publications and more.
The emulator, WinUAE, is surprisingly good in terms of compatibility
and speed, significantly faster than my 68060 Amiga.

While I don't have the need to read Amiga floppies on the PC, have a
look at Jim Drew's SuperCard Pro. More details here:
http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/13-118

Regards,
Anthony.

http://amiga.serveftp.net

On 17/03/2016 14:27, Brian Beebe amigan85@cox.net [PageStreamSupport]
wrote:
> I have a semi-related question. I have what was once a perfectly good
> A4000 but it has not been used in over 10 years partially due to
> monitor problems. I also have an old monitor but am not sure it works
> or not (I think it is an A1942 without going out to look at it. I
> also
> have my old original A1000 with all kinds of goodies and I may even
> have a little time before long to play. Can anyone tell me if there
> is
> any way to use a modern monitor with one of these old computers
> before
> I try to get the computer out for playing. Would love to hear a
> positive answer but any answer would be better than wasting weeks
> trying to do something that cant be done.
> Would also love to hear from any experts out there at running the
> emulator on windows 10. I have 8 GB and plenty of disk space but have
> yet to figure out how to use it and hopefully be able to read old
> disks somehow. The main program I have wanted to use is AC-Basic
> because of an old program I wrote and would actually like to see if I
> can make it work again and even rewrite it again for the PC using a
> basic for the pc.
> Thanks to anyone for any help.
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:07 PM, woodenflutes@yahoo.ca [1]
> [PageStreamSupport] wrote:
>
>>  
>>
>> Yes, I would pay for an upgrade too.  I use PageStream in Windows
>> and under Wine in Linux (works more smoothly in Windows but is
>> usable in Wine).
>>
>> Brent
>

Hello Brian,

Also, consider this link . .

http://www.vesalia.de/e_indivisionagamk2a4000.htm

as you'd be able to hook up any modern LCD monitor with this hardware installed

On 17/03/2016, you wrote:
> I have a semi-related question. I have what was once a perfectly good A4000

> but it has not been used in over 10 years partially due to monitor
> problems. I also have an old monitor but am not sure it works or not (I
> think it is an A1942 without going out to look at it. I also have my old
> original A1000 with all kinds of goodies and I may even have a little time
> before long to play. Can anyone tell me if there is any way to use a modern
> monitor with one of these old computers before I try to get the computer
> out for playing. Would love to hear a positive answer but any answer would
> be better than wasting weeks trying to do something that can't be done.
> Would also love to hear from any experts out there at running the emulator
> on windows 10. I have 8 GB and plenty of disk space but have yet to figure
> out how to use it and hopefully be able to read old disks somehow. The main
> program I have wanted to use is AC-Basic because of an old program I wrote
> and would actually like to see if I can make it work again and even rewrite
> it again for the PC using a basic for the pc.
> Thanks to anyone for any help.

> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 6:07 PM, woodenflutes@yahoo.ca [PageStreamSupport] <
>PageStreamSupport@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>>
>>
>> Yes, I would pay for an upgrade too.. I use PageStream in Windows and
>> under Wine in Linux (works more smoothly in Windows but is usable in Wine).
>>
>> Brent
>>
>>

Regards