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For the price of upgrade from 4.0 to 2000i if we could use the software
just as EOD research instrument it would be OK with me. Of cause, it is a
pity that this software is useless in real time, but who know, may be, just
maybe in a few short years (we have only one leap year coming) and with new
computers of 10 million MHz CPU, 1000 Gbite memory and super-doper optic
cable modem, and ... Omega software will work?
At 08:31 PM 9/22/99 -0400, Dave Johnson wrote:
>Kent, one reason I have not taken this up with Omega is that I still can use
>Tradestation 2000i for testing (as long as I can get historybank data for no
>ADDITIONAL charge--it is not "free" as I've paid quite enough money to Omega
>the last two years!)
>
>Many of the indicators/functions that I have either purchased (MESA, Meyers,
>Jan Arps, etc.) or written myself are targeted for 2000i, and would present
>problems to port to 4.0 (which I also own).
>
>That said, I believe OptionStation and RadarScreen to be useless. In the
>case of OptionStation, it is overly complicated; there is much software out
>there which does a better job with less hassle and lower price. RadarScreen
>suffers the same datafeed problem that TradeStation does; to use it would
>require limiting the profile to a small size, which would defeat the point
>of having it in the first place. But I upgraded to ProSuite, and seem to be
>stuck with the whole thing if I want to keep TradeStation 2000i.
>
>I still haven't decided whether to make an issue of it. The time required
>to convert back to 4.0 and all the hassles of dealing with Omega may not be
>justified by the amount of money involved.
>
>Dave Johnson
>
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