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From: clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,soc.culture.china,soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Chinese System Software
Keywords: Mac China Chinese System Software
Message-ID: <10627@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 29 Sep 89 00:58:52 GMT
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Alright after my initial posting about Mac China I was practically
deluged with requests for more info. My attempts at reaching my contact
in Hong Kong have not been very fruitful and I have little time to exert
more of an effort.

For those who are still interested here's what I know:
Mac China costs about HK$1000 = US$128
Using its own screen fonts it changes all text on the screen to
Chinese characters. I am not sure whether these were simplified or
traditional since I only had a passing glance at the screen. But the
changes are everywhere: menu bar, window names, menu choices, file names
etc.

I believe you can also do word processing with the package as well.

For more information contact:   
Kenny Wan of ACTRON Consultant co.
21-22 1/F Wonder Building
161-175 Fuk Wah St.
Sham Shui Po, Kowloon Hong Kong
Tel: (852)3-7256263
Fax: (852)3-725-0105

Kenny is quite used to handling orders from abroad. His English is
pretty good but if you're calling and you can speak Cantonese I'd advise
you to do so.

My advice is to write/fax him for the specs of the package. Hopefully he
will be able to get these to you pretty quickly.     

NB: Kenny's merchandise is a mix-up of legitimate/pirated software as
some of you may have guessed by the address of his store. I have no idea
whether he is selling a copy or the original of Mac China but I figure
you should be warned that there is the possibility that he may only be
selling the copy. Whether you choose to buy it or not is your
responsibility. I'm only posting this info because there seemed to be so
much interest.     


Chris Lye