home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!artcom0!hb.maus.de!ms.maus.de!Julian_Reschke
- From: Julian_Reschke@ms.maus.de (Julian Reschke)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: the "real" Gemulator 2.0 featu
- Message-ID: <A54526@MS.maus.de>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 05:27:00 GMT
- Article-I.D.: MS.A54526
- References: <A6825@HB.maus.de>
- Organization: MausNet (Mitglied im IN e.V.)
- Lines: 22
- X-Gateway: MausGate/News 1.14D/hb
-
- Darek Mihocka (darekm@microsoft.com) wrote:
- >This message is to clear up some confusion. Two German magazines have
- >published rather bogus reviews of Gemulator because they either didn't wait
- >until we shipped them review copies of the product or as in the case of
- >ST Magazin, got a total idiot to do the review which ended up being full of
- >incorrect statements, including incorrect system requirements, incorrect
- >benchmark results, and even listed the wrong price and wrong dealer! The
- >price in Germany is not 555 DM and the distributor is NOT Richter. My sources
- >indicate that Richter is actually cloning the Gemulator boards and selling
- >pirated versions of it. ST Magazin at no time contacted us to verify their
- >facts nor did they inform us that they were even reviewing the product!
-
- Speaking as one (other) freelance author for 'ST Magazin':
-
- (1) If a german distributor sends out hardware and software for testing,
- we generally trust them that they are allowed to distribute the
- product. If the tested hardware really was a clone (why is
- 'BRANCH ALWAYS SOFTWARE' printed on the board then???), please
- send a clarification to the publishers.
- (2) The prices mentioned are 555 DM (Richter) and 299.95 $ for the USA.
- Both the 'Richter' address and the BRANCH ALWAYS address was
- published.
-