Hello Julian
On 26-Jan-00, you wrote:
> On 25 Jan 2000 20:38:56 +0000, John said,
>
>> > On 23-Jan-00, you wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 23-Jan-00, Jules wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> You can get NetConnect3 from Eyetech :-
>> >>
>> >>> Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >>
>> >> Thanks, I'll probably do that. We have been warned not to use Power
>> >> computing for mail order, but Eyetech seems OK.
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > I find Power Computing to be a friendly, well informed and helpful
>> > company who will always give you the best, truthful advise. Eyetech is
>> > also an
>>
>> Yup, I bought a PowerTower, OS 3.5 and OS 3.1 ROMs from Power
>> Computing late last year - very prompt and helpful service.
>> Same for Eyetech, I've not had any problems with their service either.
>
> I tend to go to Eyetech for hardware and Epic for software. However,
> when I asked Eyetech about WB 3.5 and what it could do for a PPC user,
> all they could say was that it better integrates the PPC. That may
> well be true, but that did not explain what it actually did for me,
> the user.
That's what I mean, they'll feed you what you want to hear, based on truth
rather than hard fact.
I used to use a company based near Wembley stadium, (I
> forget the name) they used to have a big ad in the mags but if you
> ever went there you found 5 Asian guys in an upstairs workshop. They
> did know their stuff, however.
You mean Gasteiner, they were at WofA'99 selling harddrives, ram etc. Also
who remembers Siren, Gordon Hardwoods, PD Soft and CD Soft, First Computing
Centre, and Golden Image. Most of these still either directly support
Amiga products or at least won't laugh in your face when your looking for
that standard piece of hardware for AN AMIGA!!!; they just don't advertise.
I got a few old CU Amigas (RIP) that I had missing from my collection, from
a friend a few weeks ago; the January 1997 (only 3 years old) had a full
back cover advert for SWOS '96/'97. It seems so long since we had this
kind of financial backing in the market. Perhaps it won't be too long
before we see adverts like this again.
> I took advantage of Epic's 0898 phone number where you phoned in for a
> CD-ROM and the call cost �5 but that was the only cost involved. They
> had Superfrog, Zombie Massacre and Sixth Sense Investigations as the
> choices. What difference is that from posting a fiver in an envelope, I
> wonder? Especially as the face value of the CD-ROMs was �15 each.
Sixth Sense Investigations is worth �5 but the other two I wouldn't folk out
that kind of money. At the end of the day I wouldn't use it on the
principle that they are trying to deceive Amiga users into clocking up
phone bills so that they can get rid of some poorly selling games. My
opinion of Epic in general is that they are commerial shovel-ware sellers
who will push programmers for deadlines and try and make a few quid shoving
what they can on a disc. We should discourage such practices and encourage
the likes of Clickboom who seem to always put quality first.
Just some more personal opinions there,
Regards
--
Marv.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will
pick himself up and carry on...
-- Winston Churchill
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