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From: mem@mv.mv.com (Mark E. Mallett)
Subject: Re: Free software and the future of support for Diamond products
Message-ID: <1992Sep16.092856.16475@mv.mv.com>
Organization: MV Communications, Inc.
References: <a1xny5p.harp@netcom.com> <1992Sep13.212239.13844@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 09:28:56 GMT
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In article <1992Sep13.212239.13844@fcom.cc.utah.edu> phil@news.ccutah.edu (Phillip Neiswanger) writes:
>It's even worse when companies won't give out any information. My ATI VGA
>Wonder was one of those cards that info. was impossible to get.
A few years ago, when I was working as an editor for a magazine, I
acquired an Irwin tape drive with (apparently) an ST506 interface.
Irwin (and this after a LOT of calls and even some US mail) refused to
sell or otherwise provide me with any information needed to write a
driver for the thing. They did offer, however, to write a driver
under contract.
Needless to say, it sits rusting somewhere, and I don't intend to purchase
anything with that name on it.
-mm-
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