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From: drs@bnl.ARPA (David R. Stampf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: What's the deal with the repair kits, Neil?
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Date: Sun, 1-Nov-87 21:50:43 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  1 21:50:43 1987
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In article <877@atari.UUCP> neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) writes:
>In the past, the abilities of service centers to quickly respond to a
>problem was impaired by an insufficient inventory of spare parts in the
>field.  The repair kit for the Megas is _very_ extensive, with enough parts
>to completely replace several systems.
>-- 
>--->Neil Harris, Director of Marketing Communications, Atari Corporation
>UUCP: ...{hoptoad, lll-lcc, pyramid, imagen, sun}!atari!neil
>GEnie: NHARRIS/ WELL: neil / BIX: neilharris / Delphi: NEILHARRIS
>CIS: 70007,1135 / Atari BBS 408-745-5308 / Usually the OFFICIAL Atari opinion


	I'm so happy to see that Atari has finally acquired some sense of
responsibility!  Could it be that we will also find gem documentation at the
dealer (which this same Neil Harris said was at the publishers way back in
1986!).  I wish that Neil would understand that we also need repair kits
for the software as well.

	Somehow, I'm more likely to believe that Atari is screwing us again,
rather than looking out for our best interests.  Profit margins on hardware
are much higher for hardware than books I suppose.  

	< dave


(P.S. Any truth to the rumor that we will see UNIX running on one of the
mega models in our lifetime?)