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From: rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.cpm
Subject: ampro caveat
Message-ID: <1805@iddic.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Sep-84 10:25:56 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 10 10:25:56 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 16-Sep-84 08:30:02 EDT
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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I bought an Ampro 'Little Board' computer - and while I have no complaints
about the hardware, they have come up with a new twist in software.

Manuals are optional.

One of the reasons I went with this outfit was that they prominently advertised
that CP/M 2.2 came with the board.  They did not mean the manuals, however.
When I asked about this, the response was a list of CP/M books, including
Digital Research.  I can buy the standard manuals for $35.

Selling software without manuals is ridiculous (except maybe to Mr. Pournelle,
then he couldn't have any negative comments about the documentation :-)  ).


Just thought you might like to know . . . . 


							Rick Coates
							tektronix!iddic!rick