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From: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson)
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Subject: Re: HAM-E WARNING !!! (mostly for overseas customers)
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.145143.12835@ericsson.se>
Date: 7 Dec 90 14:51:43 GMT
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In article <8438@dog.ee.lbl.gov> jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE) writes:
-In article <1990Dec6.173548.11452@ericsson.se> etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se 
-(Tommy Petersson) writes:
-> I read about the HAM-E on the net and faxed my interest to Black Belt. 
-They
-> sent me a nice-looking colour flyer, and since it was available and 
-should
-> be working on a PAL machine, I ordered one.
-
-       Do you mean that a Black-Belt you bought in the States works just 
-fine in PAL, or do they actually have 2 different versions of the product ?
-

I can't say for sure how well it works in PAL, since it doesn't work at
all :-) :-( but according to Black Belt it is only one hardware version.
This makes it less obvious that a power supply should be included, but
that is no excuse for not telling in advance that it will not be included
(and not making any price reduction). I have already paid for the Americans'
postage (UPS ground is included in their $300, the same as I pay excluding
air transport which is $55). I don't want to pay for their power supplies
as well!

-        I believe they are two different versions of the Black-Belt, and 
-in this case they don't have a very responsible attitude. If you sell a 
-PAL unit, then you know that the power supply will have to be 220V-50Hz. 
-PAL is linked to the 50Hz !  So they should really provide you with a 
-power suply. I'm sure the company they buy their suplys from are able to 
-produce a 220v-50Hz model.

A 220V-50Hz PS (or a more expensive 110-220V/50-60Hz PS) should not be
impossible to find... It just costs an amount of money. Money I already
think I've paid, so I want them to find it for me.

-
-         As for the postings, I believe nobody from the company has a 
-direct access to the news, but somebody is doing the link and relay 
-between them and c.s.a.
-

Yes that is what I meant. A few months ago people started to compare DCTV
and HAM-E (in favor of DCTV), and someone told them and also forwarded
their view and some reasonable facts. I think there then has been at least two
more postings with 'we' and 'our product' (one recently) that also has
started to speak bad about the DCTV. My reasoning was that this may take
place again. I will send a fax when I have time and when I find my notes on
which digits AFAX stands for. (We only have digits in our numbers here, but
US companies keep on giving their numbers using letters, even in these
special note 'Sorry - no PS' that only goes to overseas customers).

-            JNM
-
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-These are my own ideas (not LBL's)
-" Just make it!", BO in 'BO knows Unix'

Tommy Petersson