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- From: Mat Bettinson <mat@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AT UK redundancies
- Date: 18 Jan 96 11:10:14 GMT
- Organization: Net '77 Gateway
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- Salutations Martin for on the 17 Jan 96, verilly did you scribe;
-
- MLB> That's what specs and tolerences are for. If the publishers go outside
- MLB> of the specs then it is their fault. If the manufacturer change the
- MLB> specs then the responsibility should lie there.
-
- Look, that's all very noble but considering that the break was unneccessary
- and that Amiga Technologies can hardly AFFORD to make an element of the
- software back catalog incompatible with virtually the same machine, the
- fault IS at ATs door. What's more there's no plans to address any of the
- poor buggers that rewarded ATs efforts by being first cab off the rank to
- purchase the new A1200s.
-
- If AT changed the graphics set and it broke all the old games but OS
- compliant stuff worked, what would everyone be saying then? "Oh, no games
- work on the 1200. Bugger.". AT could say it was within the stated spec but
- the people who BOUGHT the machines don't give a toss about that!
-
- Typical telephone converstation with a reader;
-
- Reader; "I just bought a new A1200 only games x,y and z don't work!"
-
- Us; "Yes, the drives have changed and they wont work with many custom loader
- games."
-
- Reader; "Well what can I do?"
-
- Us; "Nothing. AT have no plans to fix your machine."
-
- Reader; "Well that's just GREAT."
-
- Us; "If you're up on electronics, you could try and hack your drive..."
-
- <5 minutes wasted telling reader about something they probably can't do
- anyway>
-
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