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- From: adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg)
- Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.125859.997@microware.com>
- Keywords: Diamond, free-software
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 12:58:59 GMT
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- harp@netcom.com (Gregory O. Harp) writes:
-
- >terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
-
- >> If they aren't willing to open the box to check for documentation,
- >>what makes you think they're going to take an opened box back when the
- >>board isn't documented or is defective?
-
- >Yeah, but what video card company (or SCSI card company, or sound card
- >company, or ...) packages technical docs with their product? None
- >that I've seen...
-
- Adaptec, actually. A 1740 I recently bought (the EISA version of the
- 1540) CAME WITH the technical manual. I was slightly suprised, I figured
- I would have to acquire the manual separately (but Adaptec will be happy
- to send you a techincal manual--free, plus it's downloadable). Ooops,
- I guess this is off the subject, but what the hell. :)'s to Adaptec.
-
- --
- Adam G.
- adamg@microware.com, or ...!uunet!mcrware!adamg
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