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From: perry@key.COM (Perry The Cynic)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Info on KODAK Diconics Pronter ???
Summary: I goofed. Sorry.
Message-ID: <1934@key.COM>
Date: 28 May 90 21:50:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: key.1934
References: <1798@mindlink.UUCP> <1929@key.COM> <2213@speedy.mcnc.org>
Reply-To: perry@arkon.key.COM (Perry The Cynic)
Organization: Key Computer Laboratories, Fremont
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In article <2213@speedy.mcnc.org> calhoun@mcnc.org.UUCP (John D. Calhoun) writes:
> "The Cynic" may be just that, but he doesn't have his facts straight.  
> Makes one wonder about his motives.  If you contact D.A.K. and request
> their catalog, you will see that the ad clearly states he got the
> 150's from Kodak to closeout because of their new 150+.  I don't recall
> whether he says anything about Epson emulation, but he does mention
> the 150 has a different casing and that its inkjet cartridge needs you
> to use special paper to get a good print.  He also says that you can
> put the 150+ cartridges in the 150.

Oops. Open mouth, remove foot, close mouth. I just rechecked my DAK catalog
(yep, I'm on their mailing list), and you're right and I'm wrong. My apologies.
Yes, he explains things in reasonable details. He claims that the 150 (non-plus)
does Epson emulation. I'm told by a sales person that there are serious
differences in the emulation between the two models, but I haven't confirmed it
with Kodak. As far as I know, the question of cartridges is independent from
which printer you use; they are supposed to be compatible in that respect.

As for my motives, I'll admit to reservations about DAK's way of pitching its
wares. Headlines of "Instand Insight And Understanding" (for an electronic
bible) tend to make me suspicious, and "Imagine your richest thoughts flowing
magically from your brain, through your fingertips into your computer" (for a
typing tutor) make it hard to take him serious. His products are sometimes
quite nice, but his hype... of course that's no excuse for spreading mis-
information. Again, sorry.
  -- perry

P.S.: Both quotes taken from the DAK "Early Summer 90" catalog, pages 8 and 41
      respectively. That's the one I hold in my hand right now; the others are
      pretty much in the same vein.
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