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From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: SIMMs for the STE
Keywords: SIMM, STE,
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Date: 12 Mar 90 02:32:51 GMT
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In article <2069@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
>Here we go again: Standard SIMM Reply #1:
>
>The SIMMs are there mainly for the cost and space savings on the PC
>board, not so you can add memory to your machine.  Sometimes we use
>SIPs, not SIMMs, and they're soldered right into the board! Don't rush
>out and buy a 520STe expecting to be able to upgrade it.

Allan, your a reasonable guy, where did you get this reply? You make it
sound like Atari Corp is not interested in doing anything to make
its customer's lives any easier. Why not ? You might consider suggesting
to your management that it is a "feature" in the opinion of your potential
customers that they can upgrade the memory of their machine. This "feature"
costs about 0.28US$ and yields quantifiable customer satisfaction.

I think this is a symptom of a bigger problem. However, a thousand mile
journey begins with but one step.


--Chuck McManis
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