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excerpt: "In a recent conversation with JOCHEN MERZ of Germany, he extolled the virtues of a NEW program named \"QDESIGN\". He stated that QDESIGN handles screens up to 2880 x 2880 pixels in two or four colors (dependent on memory size). Screens from the Atari ST, Professional Publisher, Page Designer 2, and Art + may be…"
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# Conversation with Jochen Merz

In a recent conversation with [JOCHEN MERZ](http://localhost/indiv/jochen-merz/) of Germany, he extolled the virtues of a NEW program named “QDESIGN”. He stated that QDESIGN handles screens up to 2880 x 2880 pixels in two or four colors (dependent on memory size). Screens from the Atari ST, Professional Publisher, Page Designer 2, and Art + may be loaded into QDESIGN.