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From: ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET (Adrian Sullivan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple OS 7.0 - Cost?
Message-ID: <89355.223851ALE101@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 22 Dec 89 03:38:51 GMT
References: <1989Dec21.210721.9191@uncecs.edu>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <1989Dec21.210721.9191@uncecs.edu>, egapmh@uncecs.edu (Paul M. Hudy)
says:
>   Apple, in the past, has a tradition of distributing its OS free
>w/o docs to the public.

a month or so ago i posted a note saying how the local mac dealer in the
State College, PA area was not giving out the startup disks for free (they
were selling a $50 dollar package of disks w/ manuals) ... i talked with
the manager of the store, and he said that apple told him that they were no
longer allowed to give away system software as of 6.0.3 ... a person or
two from apple (before validating what the manager said) and i was told that
apple still gives out free upgrades if you bring the master disks (but it
was the dealers option to allow it) ... since then i have lost the email
addresses of the apple employees that responded, and i was able to obtain
6.0.4, but what i am wondering is, should someone fill these people in?
the dealer i went to was "General Computer Center" in State College, PA.
i can give out the phone number if anyone (one of the kind apple employees)
wishes to call and ask what's up.

                                                   Adrian Sullivan
                                                   Vice President - PAMUG
                                                   Pennsylvania Apple/Mac UG
                                                   (814) 238-4276