Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!pacbell!pacbell.com!ucsd!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Commodore gets serious? You judge. Message-ID: <14248@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 6 Sep 90 18:29:54 GMT References: <29164@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 42 In article <29164@nigel.ee.udel.edu> BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: > >In message <15500060@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> writes: >> As of August 1st, 1990, all Amiga 500's, A590 hard drives, A1011 external >>floppy drives, and 1581 floppy drives, C64's, and 1541-II disk drives ... >>"IF ANY CUSTOMER BRINGS A MACHINE IN WITH A WARRANTY SEAL BROKEN OR TAMPERED >>WITH, THE MACHINE IS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY." >*FLAME ON* > This is a positively stupid policy. What is the good in having a >system with slots if they cannot be used? Read it again. I don't know any more about this policy than what's been quoted here, but the quote doesn't mention any machines with slots. The only expandable systems mentioned are the A500 and C64, and both of these guys get their expansions via externally added plug-ins. > Apple had a similar policy with respect to the MAC when it was first >released, and received a LOT of (deserved) flack for it. I don't know if they've changed policy, but as of around the time the PC-AT was introduced, IBM was stricter. They wanted the dealers installing cards in slotted machines, not you. And you voided your warrantee if you used a non-IBM expansion card. >This policy, combined with Commodore's totally-wimpy one-year warranty (most >PC clone and workstation manufacturers have a warranty of at least three >years), I don't know about that. Less than a year ago, Commodore was getting flamed for having a 90 day warrantee, when the industry standard was one year. Did everyone else in the entire industry jump to three years this year? > -MB- Oh, but look, it's that MB guy again, confused as usual. Now I understand... -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy Get that coffee outta my face, put a Margarita in its place!