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From: mel@houxm.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: DEC PC's can format their disks
Message-ID: <503@houxm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Aug-83 22:42:02 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 16 22:42:02 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Aug-83 07:24:23 EDT
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Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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Why, when I pay $250 for the operating software for the Rainbow, should
I have to search down and pay another $65 to someone else for a disk
formatter?  and another $40 to Priority-One for documentation for that
same software's CP/M-86?  and $25 to Lifeboat for documentation for that
same software's CP/M-80? (which turns out to not even be right - the
CP/M-80, I mean - Lifeboat's documents were fine indeed)  and $35 for a
little flier that tells how to open up the case and adjust focus, etc.
- DEC's "Technical Documentation Kit"?  and another $50 for a "Print
Set" that doesn't have anything on the keyboard or display unit?  Are
the other PC makers this screwed up?
  Mel Haas  ,  houxm!mel