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From: perl@rdin.UUCP (Robert Perlberg)
Newsgroups: net.micro.trs-80
Subject: Re: Getting around the Tandy Device Dri
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Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 12:47:33 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  8 12:47:33 1985
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Organization: Resource Dynamics Inc., New York
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/* Written  4:03 pm  Nov 19, 1985 by isrnix.UU!hal in net.micro.trs- */
/* ---------- "Getting around the Tandy Device Dri" ---------- */
[ . . . ]  They have kept it almost
imposible for the beginning system users, and awkward for the rest of us.

My question, is why ?

Hal Fuquay
/* End of text from net.micro.trs- */

>for our own modems, and so that's what I coded it for.  To offer  more
>than  one  modem  type would entail having the user relink the kernel,
>and that was ruled out-of-the-question.  (Can you  imagine  trying  to
>explain  to  a  novice/first-time  user  how to relink the kernel?  No
>thank you!)
>
>				IV  (aka John Elliott IV)
>				Tandy Systems Software; Fort Worth, TX

Give me a break!  Just because something is too difficult for a novice
to use does not mean that it should not be included with a system.  The
real answer to Hal's question of 'Why?' is more than obvious to anyone
who's had much experience with Tandy products -- they make it hard for
you to use non-Tandy stuff so you're forced to buy Tandy junk.  Plain
and simple.

Robert Perlberg
Resource Dynamics Inc.
New York
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