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From: thad@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: CRETIN MANOR MAIL
Message-ID: <9809@cup.portal.com>
Date: 7 Oct 88 04:13:30 GMT
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                           CRETIN MANOR MAIL

Anyone who still sucks up to the author of BYTE's "CHAOS MANOR MAIL" column
must not have read the lead item in the October 1988 issue of BYTE (page 33).

In response to a letter by Fabio Favata (of Italy) extolling the reasons for
the ST being the leading computer in Germany and England (oh really?), our
favorite columnist writes (page 34):

`` Thank you for the report.  One reason Atari and Amiga sell in Europe is
because they don't have to pay so much attention to certifications by the
FCC.  I do wonder if the FCC's real purpose here is to help the administration
deal with the "too strong" dollar.  If so, I have news; they've been wildly
successful.  - Jerry ''


What IS that joker smoking?  First, in an inebriated state (and don't say
he wasn't; anyone forget the altercation between Jerry and others on the
GEnie-chartered boat in San Francisco Bay in February 1987) he's unable to
see and/or manipulate the F-18 code wheel (couldn't he have thought of turning
the lights up so he could see?), he NOW states CBM's products aren't in
compliance with FCC rule 15 in this country?

The VDE/CISPR's standards are STRICTER than the FCC's; if it's OK in Europe
it WILL pass FCC here in the USA.

In *MY* opinion, Pournelle is totally incompetent to be writing ANYTHING
about computers.


Thad Floryan   [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad]