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- From: mccrate@netcom.com (Joe McCrate)
- Subject: Re: Gateway Telepath Modem
- Message-ID: <_g_n4=g.mccrate@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 92 08:12:40 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <BtAuzw.8AK@encore.com>
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- dgulkis@encore.com (Dan Gulkis) writes:
-
- >Just a warning to the people interested in the Gateway Telepath modem. The
- >advertising states that you will get Crosstalk for Windows, WinFax Pro, and
- >Qmodem. And you will.
-
- >However, you will get Qmodem version 4.5, the test drive version which is
- >available on many bulletin boards. If you want the commercial version 5.0,
- >you must pay an extra $35, which is sent directly to Mustang Software. That
- >really irks me.
-
- >It might be a gray area, since they don't advertise which version is sent.
- ...
- >By the way, the modem works great. My complaint is with their ambiguous
- >or even misleading advertising.
-
- Isn't this a little silly? I see nothing the least ambiguous or mis-
- leading about their advertising. They said they would include Qmodem,
- and they did. I also got Qmodem from them. It is a wonderful program.
- Why should I care how much Gateway had to pay for it? Don't be such
- a crybaby.
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-