Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!oracle!news From: pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Zip GS Message-ID: Date: 5 Jun 90 18:19:44 GMT References: <9006050225.AA22989@apple.com> Sender: news@oracle.com Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA Lines: 55 In-reply-to: JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET's message of 5 Jun 90 02:19:29 GMT In article <9006050225.AA22989@apple.com> JWANKERL@UTCVM.BITNET ("Josef W. Wankerl") writes: On Mon, 4 Jun 90 16:56:05 GMT Lynda Botez said: >[deleted stuff] Has anyone else >checked >out Zip? Yes, I've checked it out. In fact, I checked it out in a GS at AppleFest. Tony Vece installed it in our computer and we had LOTS of fun with it. VERY nice product... in fact... I think I'm going to buy one instead of that nice TransWarpGS I was saving up for! (And that means a lot!) >********** > >So Zip are the ones who signed the agreement with ASIC. Not Applied >Engineering. No. Zip is doing all of their own chips. (Or so Tony said). > >Anyone have an update on the ASIC chip and how it's progressing? Hmmmmm... I was gunna call Tony today and see what the situation was. I guess I'll have to do it tomorrow. May I remind all of you of Zip's past record. The original Zip chip was shipped MANY MANY months after initial spottings. The actual dates I don't have on hand. I ordered a Zip Chip 8 at the boston applefest (May 1989) where they had at least one working prototype. Ship date was quoted to me as first week of July. After numerous calls and conversations with the President of Zip Tech, in which he repeatedly claimed problems with production (no kidding), I still had no Zip Chip in December. Feeling exasperated, I cancelled my order, and requested a full refund ( I paid by check.. never do this ), hoping that they would stay in business long enough for me to get my refund. What I didn't expect, though, was a Zip Chip in my mail box a month later. No problems with the chip, and I am a satisfied customer. I do have problems with their business practices. Had I been approached at the Applefest as an investor, instead of being mislead and treated as a customer, I probably would have made a different decision. These same sentiments have been heard before on c.s.a., so please be careful when shelling out a lot of money to a company which has yet to prove itself worthy of the customer's trust. -Paul Nakada -- Paul Nakada | Oracle Corporation | pnakada@oracle.com