Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seismo!ukma!phoenix From: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Software theives (Note to administrator) Message-ID: <12538@s.ms.uky.edu> Date: 2 Sep 89 15:58:46 GMT References: <30706@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <6846@rpi.edu> <21818@cos.com> <12469@s.ms.uky.edu> <21868@cos.com> <11146@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <7002@rpi.edu> Reply-To: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) Distribution: usa Organization: El'n'tk National Spaceport, Mission Control Lines: 16 In article <7002@rpi.edu> kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes: >I've had at least three people from the West Coast inform me that this [renting software] >is common practice. Well, here in the East, the local Price Chopper >rents Nintendo carts but the concept of renting floppies is just >unheard of. There's also a store here in Lexington (KY) that rents (or at least used to rent - I haven't checked up on it lately, since I was never particularlly interested) software for the Amiga, Atari, and C64. And, of course, every video store rents Nintendo carts, and a few rent Atari and Sega carts. You might check other nearby towns if it's important - it's obviously not just a west-coast concept... - R'ykandar. -- | R'ykandar Korra'ti, Editor, LOW ORBIT | phoenix@ms.uky.edu | CIS 72406,370 | | Elfinkind, Unite! | phoenix@ukma.bitnet | PLink: Skywise | QLink: Bearclaw |