Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!sri-spam!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!tektronix!orca!pogo!richr From: richr@pogo.UUCP (Rich Rodgers) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Fraud And Deceit In The Memory Board Market Message-ID: <2582@pogo.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Jun-86 16:06:36 EDT Article-I.D.: pogo.2582 Posted: Mon Jun 30 16:06:36 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Jul-86 04:29:54 EDT References: <1353@well.UUCP> Reply-To: richr@pogo.UUCP (Rich Rodgers) Organization: Creative Microsystems Inc., Tigard, OR Lines: 77 Keywords: Manic ravings Usenet is an excellent medium for the expression of information and the exchange of ideas. Unfortunately, many posters see the opportunity to make their views known to thousands of people as a tacit authorization to make sweeping accusations about things they may or may not have first-hand knowlege of. Most people are sensitive enough to qualify their remarks, limmiting them to the extent of their personal experience. Unfortunately, there are those who post thinly-vieled attempts to promote their opinions or interests under the guise of "insider information". The relative anonymity of the net does not, I believe, absolve one of the responsibility of journalistic ethics, particularly when addressing topics of wide public interest. Many of the remarks below could be quite damaging to a reputable manufacturer whose products did not happen to get reviewed by the original author for inclusion on his "accetable products" list. This is the worst kind of journalistic distortion, one in which there is an implied condemnation of people or things that don't serve to the interests of the writer. Below, I offer my specific critisisms. In article <1353@well.UUCP> perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz) writes: >Since there has been a lot of discussion of memory boards in this newsgroup >it is important that this be the forum for some truths about memory products >for the Amiga. > >I have spoken to many memory board manufacturers who have said: (followed by purported quotes) > >These manufacturers are stealing your money and slowly destroying your >machine... Sounds like a calm, unbiased reaction to me. Are the manufacturers whose boards draw more than half an amp the same ones who say you can use more than one board at a time? Who did you talk to when you spoke to these manufacturers? What manufacturers didn't you talk to? > > >The GUILTY parties of this FRAUD are the LARGEST NAMES IN MEMORY BOARDS SO >WATCH OUT!!! > We would hope that factual data could be made available to the net as soon as it becomes available. Comments such as the above are of very little benefit to readers on the whole, and are an indictment of innocent companies. In addition, they tend to denigrate the generally excellent level of discussion found in this newsgroup. >(2) All FAST-RAM Boards Are Not FAST. > > Again, manufacturers are misleading the public. Due to their lame >designs their boards incur excessive WAIT states.... > >(3) Memory Boards Are Particularly Prone To NOISE > > And still again, these same manufacturer's are cutting corners with >respect to the quality of their boards.... Who? Who? Who? To be sure, these are valid concerns, but not neccessarily applicable to all manufacturers not listed below. > >The ONLY memory products I've seen that pass ALL of the tests are: > > o The mother board memory on the Byte-By-Byte expansion > chassis. > o The Convertible(TM) series of memory boards by ASDG, Inc. > (General Availablility: Late August). > . >Perry S. Kivolowitz /|\ >Author of Miga-Mania and Co-Chairman of JAUG | | Mmmmm... NO Disclaimer???? ____________________| -- Rich Rodgers tektronix!pogo!richr