Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!tgould!dbh From: dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Denis Howe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn,eunet.micro.acorn Subject: Re: Acorn Compters Ltd. (to the rescue!) Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 11:20:54 GMT Sender: news@doc.ic.ac.uk Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK Lines: 17 In article <1210@culhua.prg.ox.ac.uk> as@prg.ox.ac.uk (Andrew Stevens) writes: rogersh%t1d@uk.ac.man.cs writes > the failure >to realise the benefits of selling *every* Arch. with a hard disk, I was pretty happy that the Arch didn't demand a winchester until my income tax sorted itself out just before I finally bought. Me too. Pray explain Roger, what are the benefits of not selling the cheaper, upgradable configurations? >their reliance on a totally non-helpful dealer >network for customer support, the lack of a 24 hr help line. etc. Their dealers aren't _totally_ non-helpful and Acorn people do respond to net news! -- Denis Howe +44 (71) 589 5111 x5064 What is DiazaBicycloHexene ?