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From: wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mega ST pinouts
Summary: Yah, right.  It doesn't seem to work that way.
Message-ID: <254@obie.UUCP>
Date: 8 Nov 88 07:02:47 GMT
References: <31088@oliveb.olivetti.com> <10338@cup.portal.com> <522@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM>
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In article <522@snjsn1.SJ.ATE.SLB.COM>, greg@bilbo (Greg Wageman) writes:
> [...]  For $120 U.S. (and change) you can purchase
> just the developer's documentation, which contains the pinouts you
> seek.  Of course, for this amount of money, you don't get a compiler,
> a newsletter, or phone support  (I know, I have the docs).
> Call Atari Corp. at (415) 745-2000, and ask for Cindy Claveran.  Tell
> her you want the documentation only, and she will give you the
> details.

Yah, right.  I called Cindy and left a message on her answering machine;
she does not seem to answer the phone herself at all.  I said I was
interested in registering, but I already have the MWC compiler (in fact
I am a beta-tester for them).  I got back the standard package (with my
name misspelled :-) requesting $300 and my first-born child.  Ho hum.
Repeated calls back to Cindy to straighten out what I really wanted
result in the answering machine (and me hanging up).

I also don't understand why the $120 package doesn't include the
newsletter, all they are doing is subtracting the retail price of MWC
from the $300.  Curious, ain't it?

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