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- From: eopa21@festival.ed.ac.uk (R Spooner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Computer Concepts
- Message-ID: <28201@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 13:42:08 GMT
- References: <28130@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov16.112704.8970@gate.esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
- Sender: nntpusr@castle.ed.ac.uk
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- tytgat@rilke.esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat) writes:
-
- >In article <28130@castle.ed.ac.uk> eopa21@festival.ed.ac.uk (R Spooner) writes:
- >>All this talk about Computer Concepts' new upgrade policy on Impression
- >>is surely only one aspect of the problem. The FaxPack was late, bad, wrong,
-
- >Why should a non-ArtWorks owner need Impression v2.18 if this version does
- >not provide any extras for him ? Why should CC pay the post&package costs
- >(together with the man-hour cost) for a non-ArtWorks owner who doesn't need
- >v2.18 if he already has v2.17 ?
-
- Impression was advertised as being with free upgrades. Things need doing
- to it at all times. People buy it because of the upgrade promise. It is
- never finished. 2.18 may be only for ArtWorks users now, but we will all
- need something better soon. (they, the non artworks owning public)
-
- >Could you be more precise what's so bad and wrong with CC' FaxPack ?
-
- It pisses up the writeable icon for telephone number, sometimes causing
- crahses. It does not use mercury (dial 13 digits before the number, save
- money). It does not zoom the final window properly. It is late. It does
- not act as an answering machine. It does not act as a modem. It does
- not share the line in a useful way. Apparently it is not compatible with
- most line splitters. It does not do FTP. It does not support a standard
- FTP for other (PC) faxcards. It does not do colour transfers (surely someone
- does).
-
- >>not as advertised, late, and so on. The Scanlight Professional was OK
- >>but there is no after sales support. the support staff are
- >>always unhelpful (well, one of them is good), ArtWorks is late and
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- >Euh ? Up to now, my contacts with CC' support staff were very satisfying.
- >As far as I know, they do really a good job. Maybe it's just you...
-
- Well, I ask questions like 'Can I have technical documentaion?' and they
- say 'no: I's internal only.' I paid #650 f****** pounds for the scanner
- and I want service.
-
- >>full of bugs, LaserDirect does not work on RO3.1, and so on.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- >Really ?
-
- So I heard. It's not my evidence.
-
- >>I think the common factor here is that CC has gone way down hill
- >>recently. They used to be really really good, but I have not
- >>been impressed with anything since Impression.
-
- >Sorry, I can't share your opinion.
-
- I still do.
-
- >John.
- >tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (don't thrust my e-mail address in the header)
- >BASS
-