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- From: jardined@qucis.queensu.ca (Donald Jardine)
- Subject: Re: Latest from Colorado Memory Systems
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.162132.20514@qucis.queensu.ca>
- Organization: Computing & Information Science, Queen's University at Kingston
- References: <1992Dec16.144022.44@idx.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 16:21:32 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <1992Dec16.144022.44@idx.com> gsk@idx.com writes:
- >-- Hi Folks... I just got off the phone with Colorado Memory Systems
- >asking about the OS/2 support... Here is the scoop from one of their
- >marketing/sales people...
- >
- > It is expected out probably next week, and is in beta right now.
- >
- > It is a third party software package (Sytron) version 1.36. She suggested
- > that you purchase from them (oh really?) since the version number alone might
- > not be enough to get the right version! Can't speak for the accuracy of
- > that statement, but she was NOT being pushy about me ordering it now..
- >
- > It will be for sale from CMS for the tidy sum of $99 +6.50 s/h
- > (best guess right now)
- >
- > It will support their drives. No special tape adaptor will be needed.
- >
- > That is about all I got.. Hint when calling their support number.. hit
- >the option that says you DON'T own one of their drives.. it was picked up
- >before I lifted my finger!.. The other option (support) was a 15-20 minute
- >wait!
- >
- >This is what I was told.. Just thought some folks might want to know..
- >
- > -- George --
- >
- >------------------------------------------------------------
- >- George Kaczowka IDX Corp Marlboro, MA - gsk@idx.com -
- >------------------------------------------------------------
-
- I suspect this is only a floppy controller version, but I'm not sure.
- I heard from CMS (see another posting from me to this newsgroup today)
- that the FC-10 etc. controllers are not supported yet. I would be
- happy to hear differently.
-
-
- Donald Jardine, Software Technology Laboratory, Comp. Sci. Dept.,
- Queen's Univ. Kingston Ont. Ph (613) 545 6070 Fax (613) 545 6513
-