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- From: cowboy@trans.csuohio.edu (Joe Rosenfeld)
- Subject: Re: heard anything about SoftPC
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.123714.18331@news.csuohio.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 12:37:14 GMT
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- Geoff Brunkhorst (brunkhorst@mayo.edu) wrote:
- : In article <BzzuJ2.Mzx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> gmk@pegasos.ccsr.uiuc.edu (Gottfried
- : Mayer-Kress) writes:
- : > > I asked for a price quote two weeks ago for a group discount, and they
- : > > told me then that all orders at that time included a free upgrade to
- : > > SoftPC 3.0. When I questioned as to 3.0 rollout, the woman told me
- : > > "definitely First Quarter of 1993".
- : > >
- : > I just called Insignia and they told me the academic price for the upgrade
- : from
- : > 2.0 to 3.0 would be $249. I think that is a lot of money.
- : > I was told the shipping date is Jan 93
- : > --
- : > Gottfried Mayer-Kress
-
- : I apologize for any misunderstandings. I meant to state that any order for
- : SoftPC received now (after December 1992) will be filled with a 2.0 diskette,
- : with a free upgrade to SoftPC 3.0 when it is released. I did not mean to
- : convey that all current 2.0 users get a free upgrade to 3.0.
-
- : As for the upgrade price... that is essentially what I paid for my SoftPC's
- : when I bought in volume last year (1991). I agree that is high.
-
- : January 1993 is definitely 1st quarter.
- : --
- : - Geoff
-
- This is all very interesting, but does anyone know what improvements we can
- expect to see in SoftPC 3.0? I, for one, would like to see improved
- networking support for Novell. One cannot run any of the NetWare utilities,
- such as syscon from SoftPC 2.0.
-
- If anyone knows, please tell us all!
-
- Cowboy
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