Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!news From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: They Are shipping in volume??? Message-ID: Date: 14 Jan 91 04:31:10 GMT References: <1991Jan10.225501.10174@usenet@scion.CS.ORST.EDU> <278E3748.18058@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <1991Jan13.143735.5836@macc.wisc.edu> Sender: news@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Usenet News) Organization: Brigham Young University Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: anderson@dogie.macc.wisc.edu's message of 13 Jan 91 14:37:35 GMT >We are a reseller. We were told that if we would get an >order in by Oct. 31, we would get delivery by Nov. 15. No >one exactly believed that, but we got the order in. One of >those machines was for me (cube w/ 660). On Jan. 2, we were >told it had shipped Dec. 24. On Jan. 7, it arrived. Running >last shows they they last operated it on Dec. 30. But now >I have it, and I'm feeling very forgiving. My, it's nice. >Maybe it's worth remembering that it must be hell on the >*other* end. Must be nice. We ordered back in August, still nothing. Be interesting to know how the things are allocated. I noticed NeXT has started taking out full page adds in the compute rags saying something like "they're shipping - in volume". To WHO? -- __________________Prof. William V. Smith____________________ EMail: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu or uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw SMail: Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA) NeXTmail: smithw@mathnx.math.byu.edu Phone: +1 801 378 2061 FAX: +1 801 378 2800