Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!mblakele From: mblakele@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Tad Blakeley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: PMMU deal from Harvey Mudd College Message-ID: <5092@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 10 Mar 90 21:20:01 GMT References: <5037@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Distribution: comp Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 53 In article <5037@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) writes: >In article hairston@henry.ece.cmu.edu (David Hairston) writes: >>[ngo@tammy.harvard.edu (Tom Ngo) writes:] >>[] Does anyone out there remember the deal for cheap PMMUs put >... stuff deleted >>is there _anyone_ from HMCMUG or HMC who can shed light on this? > Although I am not in a position to speak for Tad, I have worked with him >on several occasions and know him pretty well. > This PMMU deal was definitely handled badly, no question. However, I feel >comfortable stating unequivocally that Tad had no intention to defraud >anyone at any time and was just in over his head. > I feel bad that Harvey Mudd's image had to be tarnished by this incident >but I am pretty sure that no checks were cashed. Tad is an honest person, >although he seems to have shrunk back a little from this matter. In any >case, if there are still checks outstanding for that deal, I recommend that >you just stop payment and don't worry anymore, because nobody will try to >cash them. > >-- Mark Wilkins > wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu > Thanks for the confidence, Mark. I did get in over my head, and probably haven't taken the right steps to correct it. I gave up on a group buy from Motorola, mostly because PMMUs suddenly became available just as cheaply from other sources. For those who don't get MacLeak, here are a couple: Third Wave Computing 1-800-284-0486 Tercom 1-800-544-9543 or 669-7555 If any of you who were in on the order still have problems or questions, please don't hesitate to e-mail me. I'm on break right now, so I should have time to breathe. Meanwhile, I hope we can end this thread, so the entire Internet doesn't have to carry a discussion for ten or fifteen people. -- tad l i n e f o d d e r . -- ~ ...[physicists] who aren't actually dead are in some way very ill. S W -- D. Adams T I mblakele@jarthur.claremont.edu, but call me Tad R B West is Best, Carpe Potum ~