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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!hubcap!charlet
- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
- Subject: Re: Supra problems wanted
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.220553.6096@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <1993Jan1.040429.28557@seq.uncwil.edu> <jvl.04jx@redorc.chi.il.us>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:05:53 GMT
- Lines: 40
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- jvl@redorc.chi.il.us (System Operator) writes:
-
- >You have GOT to be kidding. I went through 4 of their modems before i unloaded
- >it onto someone, and each time i had a problem they made me feel a: like i was
- >the cause of it. one case the wires actually FELL OFF the speaker it got so
- >hot, i guess this was MY fault. b: the people i talked to had NO CLUE of amigas
- >or how the serial ports work. One of their techs told me to 'baud the modem
- >down to 9600, cause Amiga's serial ports can't handle over that with a stock
- >68000. I informed him i had an 030, he said maybe that was defective?
-
- Maybe you fault them because of one bad product. I have a SupraModem 2400
- and a SupraDrive 500Xp which have worked flawlessly for several years now.
-
- (I only needed to change a ROM chip in the drive when I upgraded to 2.04)
-
- >Because of this modem, i will NEVER again own any supra products, and about 60%
- >of that conculsion was based on the way i was treated. I was givin the run
- >around, lied to, hung up on. told i was stupid. They can SCREW me!
-
- Your decision.
-
- >>There was a letter a couple months ago in the back cover of an
- >>Amigaworld issue where a fellow had numerous problems with his
- >>Supra controller and hd. They told him to send it back and they
- >>would replace it. He did not want to be w/o his hd so waited.
- >>Three days later a BRAND NEW HD arrived via UPS from Supra.
- >>That is SUPPORT!!!
-
- >That is not support, that is the way it should be ALL the time. Too bad supra
- >only seems to honor this for about 10% of it's customers.
-
- I'm not sure, but maybe you are in the minority. Please feel free to correct
- me though.
-
- DISCLAIMER: I'm just a customer who's never had problems with Supra products.
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