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From: Don White <WHITE_D@HCCS.CC.TX.US>
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Subject: Re: Travel Planner CD ROM (BUGS?)
Date: 17 Feb 1994 23:49:05 +0200
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    Robert S. Pataki (PGG_Graphics@delphi.com) writes:

>    I just bought (yes bought) TRAVEL PLANNER by EXPERT CD ROM, to
>compare to Auto Map which I've been using for years.  AM has a few
>limitations, which would be erased by a CD ROM version (ie: more road
>detail, more text and local info, etc).  The best way to test it, I
>thought, was to plot the same routes I've plotted in AM over the past
>few months.  Boy was in for a suprise!  I plotted the most recent
>course from Manhattan, NY to Palm Beach, FL.... and the program took
>me via SAN JOSE, CA!!  I repeated it on a different machine.  Can
>anyone else verify this, and/or give me feedback on this program?

    Well, maybe the program found you a really nice scenic route... :)

    Don White                         "My best advice for anyone who
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