Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!tronsbox!tron1 From: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: re: C-Ltd Message-ID: <25b1650a:3886.1comp.sys.amiga;1@tronsbox.UUCP> Date: 15 Jan 90 05:58:13 GMT References: <1007@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Lines: 79 >Author: [Larry Phillips] > Subj: re: C-Ltd > Keyw: > Date: Sun Jan 14 1990 18:57 writes: >C Ltd., in my opinion, was not a good company to do business with even when >they were CardCo, producing half-baked peripherals for the C64. They were not Well, I suppose that depends on what you mean. I ran a computer store in a local mall and sold lotsa Cardco stuff. It wasnt GREAT , but it was inexepensive and did it's job to the customers satisfaction. >when they became 'Linden Labs doing business as C Ltd.', though by that time >they had come out with a fairly decent, if unsupported (by them), non-DMA >HD controller. They are most certainly not a good company to do business with >now that they have gone belly-up. I had a C.ltd one meg interface for a year a while back (I sold it to buy a 2 meg) .. and never had a prblem. I have been running (for 3 years solid) a origional form of the 20 meg C.Ltd hard drive. In all that time, the interface and software were rock solid. The system autoconfigured when such was available, ran FFS without a hitch and never complained. THIS is more than I can say about some HD companies that will be nameless. I have been running a C.ltd Timesaver keyboard enhancer (the only one of its type in more than limited use in the world was produced by C.ltd for tha Amiga). THIS is another peice of hardware that has ALWAYS done what it was supposed to , was well priced and a fantastic addition to my Amiga. The one time it did go belly up on me (1.5 YEARS out of warrenty) The sent me a new one , UPS RED , FREE, before they received MINE! I run the C.ltd 10 MEG removable system. I had this baby more than a YEAR before the one from Supra came out .. (it is funny that the Supra drive got acclaim from the media, but the EARLIER, FASTER and more reliable C.Ltd product was never mentioned).... This has also NEVER given me a problem. When I got it , they upgraded the SCSI controlled I was running to the new design FREE. (there is nothing like saying "copy dh0: to kt1: all" as your backup!) To the point , ever C.ltd device I have purchased did what it said it would , over long periods of time. The software was "standard" (mountlist and autoconfig) before many other folks and the service was SUPERIOR. >misinformation about any peripherals that they don't happen to make, and >burning a lot of folks once more. It just remains to be seen what name of the >bad penny is when it shows up again. Ptui! Hmm.. that doesnt sound like the C.ltd >I< knew .. , actually , it sounds like A.*.D.G .. (I have listened to many a "we are the only ones who know what we are doing" speech.) ( and in fact at one computer show saw a A.*.D.G rep PHYSICALLY put his coat on a competitors products to hide them). >Disclaimer: The above is my considered opinion only, based upon the shoddy >treatment received by several friends by said companies. Ditto for mine (previous paragraph.) DISCLAIMER: My opinion is skewed by the fact that I have sold DOZENS of C.ltd products to customers over 3 years and never had ONE person complain. BTW: I have defended them because they were attacked, I said my peice. Dont send me your horror stories and I wont send you my happy ones and we'll save a LOT of bandwidth. (Beside, I am one of those people that have never had a Seagate drive go belly up either and most say that makes me charmed so I wont beleive you) ***************************************************************************** Everything I say is (c) Copr. 1990, except the stuff I stole from someone el se and the stuff I don't want responsibility for. Kenneth J. Jamieson: Xanadu Enterprises Inc. "Professional Amiga Software" UUCP: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP BEST PATH ---> uunet!tronsbox!tron1 Sysop, Romantic Encounters BBS - (201)759-8450 / (201)759-8568 **************************************************************************** *