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From: drudman@hpcc01.HP.COM (Drew Rudman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: ACOS/GBBS (was:Re: MD-BASIC (was:Re: Apple ][ BBS Software))
Message-ID: <1520032@hpcc01.HP.COM>
Date: 6 Jun 91 18:53:40 GMT
References: <16389@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services
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>>Oh no!  You mean you'd lose all that great L&L support!  What a crime.

>I agree on the support.  But if ACOS gets upgraded to a level beyond what
>MACOS gives you, you are not entitled to a copy.

Like I have anything to worry about!  Even the upgrade to 2.0 did not include
arrays and MACOS had been around for months.

>>Also, if I remember correctly, the upgrade from 1.3j to 2.0d was priced
>>at $25 in an upgrade letter I received a year or so back.  Seems I've 
>>already lost my free upgrades.

>Only if Lance knows you run MACOS.  Otherwise you may still be able to
>upgrade.  Newest version I am aware of is v2.11.

First of all, even if I did run MACOS, there is no way Lance would know about
it.  The upgrade notice for $25.00 was sent automatically to me bacause I 
am a registered GBBS board.

>///   ____   \\\ "The major problem--one of the major problems, for there are
>| |/ /    \ \| |       several--one of the many major problems with governing
> \\_|\____/|_//            people is of whom you get to do it, or more to the
>greg \_\\\/ hoss.unl.edu    point, who gets people to let them do it to them."

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