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From: bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk (Brian J Syme IE88)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Upgrading 500 to 1 Mb
Keywords: 500 Rev 6A 1 Meg on board upgrade
Message-ID: <2767@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Date: 23 Mar 90 09:18:06 GMT
References: <3148@draken.nada.kth.se> <6986@cps3xx.UUCP> <10248@cbmvax.commodore.com> <2705@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <396@icebox.nsc.com>
Reply-To: bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dept., Strathclyde Univ., Scotland.
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In article <396@icebox.nsc.com> waggoner@icebox.UUCP (Mark Waggoner) writes:
>
> [stuff which is mostly true deleted]
>
>In addition to money, consider the following reasons:
>  1. The board does not work reliably with memory installed on the
>     motherboard, or has not yet been proven to work reliably.

No, sorry, I can't buy that. Why would CBM go to the hassle of having
production boards made up if they don't work? As you say later, they
are in business to make money, not waste it.

>  2. The service centers do not have the information necessary to 
>     diagnose and repair problems with the additional memory.

Probably not. In the UK, the nearest things to 'service centres' you will
commonly find are tacky little side-street shops, with ex-TV repair men
swapping boards, so it's not really an issue here. (CBM please do something
about the standards of your dealers over here - most of them are useless.)

>  3. They don't have the resources to support people such as yourself
>     that are interested in hacking the hardware.

I know. Not formally - but there's nothing wrong with the odd informal hint.

>
>And, finally, do you find something wrong with Commodore wanting to
>make money?  That is what they are in business for, isn't it?  They do
>need to make money so that they can develop new products and maybe even
>improve their marketing efforts that many people in this newsgroup are so
>quick to criticize.
>

I have nothing against CBM's wish to make money - I wish them every success.
My objection to the original posting was related to the tone it took, and the
fact that it was generated by what sounds like a Marketdroid (Product Assurance
was it?) ... if people want to crack open the hardware they have forked out
their hard-earned cash for, it's their privelige. If they make a cock-up of
it - it's their problem. But whats wrong with asking for the odd bit of
advice - we certainly don't need someone to Preach The Company Line at us..

CBM? Marketing? When was that - I must have missed it... Or do you mean the
anti-potential-buyer propaganda campaigns they mount occasionally.

Disgruntled.


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