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From: bazyar@ernie (Jawaid Bazyar)
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Subject: Re: Nasty letters to AE (was Re: AE PC Transporter)
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Date: 30 Jan 91 16:54:51 GMT
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In article <43416@ut-emx.uucp> daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) writes:
>AE deserves a nasty letter about my GSRAM though... The ramcard came with
>a "GS-RAM Addendum" that says "Ready to take on challenges, the Applied
>Engineering GS-RAM card has always been a top-of-the-line product. This
>new version simply reaffirms its position as the "best of its kind." Your
>card now provides complete DMA (Direct Memory Access) support."
>
[...]
>only to find out that revision E and later cards are DMA compatible. Mine,
>a Rev. D, was not, and AE wants to charge $99 for an upgrade to DMA.

WHAT?!?!?! If my GSram isn't DMA compatible, I'm going to kill somebody.
Mine's a Rev D also, and also came with the flyer saying it was DMA
compatible.  Grr... I guess I have to call AE now to find out for sure.

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