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From: west@turing.toronto.edu (Tom West)
Subject: Re: Microsoft C 6.0 Update Saga
Message-ID: <1990May9.123159.25369@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Keywords: diskettes, bad instructions, long waits
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
References: <1969@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <90May8.214534edt.20093@me.utoronto.ca>
Distribution: comp
Date: 9 May 90 16:31:59 GMT
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In article <90May8.214534edt.20093@me.utoronto.ca> rwh@me.utoronto.ca (Russell Herman) writes:
>In article <1969@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> williams@nssdcs.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Williams) writes:
>>I just hate being behind revision.  So, I filled out the update form,
>>carefully checking off the box labelled '5.25, 360KB diskettes', sent
>>in my $125.00 and waited.
>
>On this side of the border, the upgrade order form doesn't even *mention*
>360KB availability.  A hint to prospective purchasers that haven't yet reached
>the 286 or better state???
>
In fact, in Canada, the upgrade form asks what type of computer you have, check
one box: 286 or 386.  It isn't just a hint, it's a declaration.
The other thing is it's $165!  I hadn't realized that the Cdn dollar was 
trading at 75 cents!  Oh well, I don't know many companies that don't play
the "Gouge the foreigner's" game.