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Strategies & Market Trends : Metastock 6.0 for Window -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Uncompaghre who wrote (1664)	3/4/1998 9:05:00 PM
From: Michael Quarne	Respond to of 4056

Do you all use Trend DataLink for downloads? Not familer with these folks. Do you guys know of any alternatives to Trend DataStink? Quotes Plus EOD is what many here use. Also TC2000. Both are reliable. Quotes Plus has a great Scan utility that is State of the Art. You can download a demo and try it for 30days free. Release 1 is what you get in your download for now but release 2, (in beta,) should be out soon. It has that very user friendly scan utility. quotes-plus.com Arctic Mike

To: Uncompaghre who wrote (1664)	3/4/1998 9:31:00 PM
From: Chris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4056

yup.. got same error.. be patient.. i think datalink is a very good provider.. kinda $$ vs q+, but hassel-free (until recently).. take care.

To: Uncompaghre who wrote (1664)	3/4/1998 9:47:00 PM
From: Clark Wang	Respond to of 4056

I've complained to their technical support several times. I don't think they have any intention to improve their system. I've tried various ways to maintain a set of historical data only using Quote Plus's service. I have to say that I give up. Quote Plus's output program and Reuter's downloader both have bugs. Sometimes they don't handle spilt correctly (in MetaStock format). You have to completely delete old data and start collecting again. I end up subscribing both services. If you really hate Reuter's service, two choices: - use Dial Data - use SuperChart with Prophet (http://www.betterdata.com) Prophet may support Equis' Downloader in the near future. My two cents.