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From: elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: How do I contact the SECRET 8520 DISTRIBUTION SOCIETY?
Message-ID: <915@usl.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 13-Sep-86 15:14:44 EDT
Article-I.D.: usl.915
Posted: Sat Sep 13 15:14:44 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 15-Sep-86 18:44:56 EDT
References: <6040@alice.uUCp>
Reply-To: elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green)
Organization: USL, Lafayette, La.
Lines: 44
Summary: dealers, money

In article <6040@alice.uUCp> d@alice.UUCP (Daniel Rosenberg) writes:
>	If you decide you want to plug or unplug you parallel cable
>(or possibly the monitor cable) while the Amiga is on, and then your
>computer doesn't work anymore (the disk drive is freaked in the parallel
>case), then you've got yourself a case of 8520itis. Replace the right-hand
>8520 (the one that is connected to the parallel interface section and the
>internal disk drive section.)
>
[now, to get an 8250]
>I've tried my authorized Commodore dealer. "Call Commodore."
>I've called Commodore. "Try your authorized dealer."

># Daniel Rosenberg  (CE)   @   AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill 
># UUCP: { (ihnp4) || research || allegra}!alice!d  AT&T: 201/582-6455 (work)

Your dealer can order any chip in the Amiga straight from from
Commodore if he wants to. I've seen my dealer's pricelist, e.g.  price
of parts, drives, motherboards, etc. and everything not readily
available on the open market is on that list, including the 8250.
Obviously, your dealer doesn't want to order the chip for you. Else
he's thrown away his price list because his technician doesn't know
how to repair computers, only how to swap boards.

As for the person who mentioned that a computer store couldn't make
money repairing the computer as vs. swapping boards: The local Amiga
dealer opened his store about a year ago. He isn't carrying IBM clones,
because there's 5 gillion IBM stores here. The only computer he
carries is the Amiga, and obviously you're not going to make a good
living or stay in business selling Amigas. So, the name of the shop is
appropriate: "The Computer Clinic". He makes his living repairing
computers, since it's becoming impossible for anybody to make one
selling them (let's face it, K-Marts and stereo stores have stolen the
low end, the high end is mostly direct corporate sales, there's a
tight squeeze on the middle right now). And he makes enough to stay in
business, at least... he isn't bankrupt yet. Now, if somebody can do
that in a li'l ole college and oil town like Lafayette (pop. 90,000),
surely it can happen in REAL cities...

-- 

      Eric Green {akgua,ut-sally}!usl!elg
        (Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191, Lafayette, LA 70509)

  -- Tengo lo mismo que doy y solo sirve al presente.