PowerTech Client Management Software

[David M. Porritt]

Greg:

I'd underscore what David I. said today about Time & Chaos.  Very
versatile, easy to use and inexpensive.
You can download it at http://www.isbister.com/chaos32.html

I hope your current program has some way to export your data!

dave

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On 10/30/01 at 8:08 PM Greg Newell wrote:

>Terry,
>    We are in the same boat. I too use PTBiz and find that I would
like it
>to do
>some things that it does not but I don't have the money to ask the
author
>to
>rewrite the program just for little old me. I looked at PowerTech
and came
>to
>the conclusion that it just doesn't offer enough to warrant retyping
all
>that
>info into another program. They have not file transfer service so I
would
>have
>to retype everything. With well over 2,000 customers on file ... not
a
>chance! I
>see nothing else out there and Ed wants too much money so what are
we to
>do? I'd
>love to write my own in Access or equivalent database but I simply
don't
>have
>the time. Have you taken the time to write to Ed and let him know
what
>you'd
>like to see in the program? I did that a very long time ago and the
>response I
>got was "What is it worth to you?" Not what I was hoping for.
Perhaps if
>more
>folks told him what they'd like to see he would think more
positively about
>there being a real interest in his efforts and he could incorporate
new
>things
>into an upgrade type scheme. Just a thought. What are your thoughts?
>
>Greg
>
>Farrell wrote:
>
>> Has anyone messed with this program? I took a quick look and it
does not
>> appear to offer significantly more than PTBiz has to offer. I
would like
>to
>> find something more user friendly and customizable than PTBiz, but
I'll
>also
>> need a pretty good reason to make a switch. Any thoughts?
>>
>> Terry Farrell
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gary Mc" <gmcc@charter.net>
>> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 7:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: PowerTech Client Management Software
>>
>> > Tom, that is the right address.  If you're just interested in
the demo
>of
>> > the Power tech software, you can download it from his website:
>> > http://members.home.net.troyn5022
>> > Gary Mc
>> > > Dear List,
>> > >     I clicked on this Troy Nolan e-mail address and received a
>response
>> > from
>> > > the "mail delivery subsystem" stating that it had permanent
fatal
>> errors.
>> > > Is this address correct?
>> > > thanks,
>> > > Tom
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > Contact Troy Nolen at 5012 Dale Road, Huntsville, AL 35803
or
>e-mail
>> him
>> > > at TroyN5022@aol.com.
>> > > >
>> >
>> >
>
>--
>Greg Newell
>mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net


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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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