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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: KERMIT 95: Where to buy?
Date: 7 Dec 1995 14:05:42 GMT
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In article <4a4tv0$aiu@reuters2.mitre.org>,
Joe Morris <jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org> wrote:
: A question for the world (or anyone on the K95 team): what retail
: outlets are supposed to be carrying the new Kermit for Windows?
:
: The announcement of its release posted to the newsgroup indicated
: that the new package ("payware" if you will) would be sold through
: normal software distribution channels; this is also indicated by the
: KERMIT web page at www.columbia.edu . It's now been a couple
: of months since it was released, and today I was chasing some other
: stuff in the local outlets and started asking around. The results:
:
: - CompUSA: asked two clerks and the store manager: none of them would
: admit to even knowing what "KERMIT" was, much less having a copy
: of the new kit.
:
: - Egghead: recognized the name "Kermit" and even knew that it came
: from Columbia ... but Egghead carries only the book with the
: MS-KERMIT disk. Calling 1-800-EGGHEAD got the same response
:
: - Computer City: long hold with unusually lousy Christmas music; just
: before I was ready to hang up they finally answered, but kept
: trying to believe that I was looking for BBS software. No Kermit
: titles.
:
: - PC Connection: never heard of KERMIT, don't carry it.
:
: The web page suggests that Egghead and CompUSA (misspelled, btw) would
: be the first to have the kit.
:
: Suggestions?
:
If a store does not have Kermit 95 in stock and claims never to have heard
of it, you (the customer) can ask them (the store) to order it from the
distributor:
Micro Central Inc.
PO Box 1009
8998 Route 18 North
Old Bridge NJ 08857
Fax: +1 (908) 360-0303
Voice: +1 (908) 360-0300
Note: only stores can order from Micro Central. Stores AND customers can
also order it from direct from the publisher:
Manning Publications
3 Lewis Street
Greenwich CT 06830 USA
Fax: +1 (203) 661 9018
Voice: +1 (203) 629 2078
Email: 73150.1431@Compuserve.com
Web: http://www.BrowseBooks.Com/BBC/kermit/Kermit.html
- Frank