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Article #34872Re: Mega ST pinouts
From: Ron Pfeifle
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1988 17:28
Date: Thu, 03 Nov 1988 17:28
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In article <10771@cup.portal.com> BobR@cup.portal.com (Bob BobR Retelle) writes: >Greg Wageman says: >>... For $120 U.S. (and change) you can purchase >>just the developer's documentation, which contains the pinouts ... > >Yes, that's true... but if all you need is that one connector pinout >diagram, $120 is an awfully steep price to have to pay for just one >page... > >Especially in light of the equivalent information being published by >Apple and Commodore/Amiga in $19.95-$29.95 books, available at just >about any B.Dalton Bookseller. > >I imagine too, the page with that Mega expansion buss pinout is stamped >"Proprietary Information", so that it can't be uploaded on UseNet (or >anywhere else)... > >BobR In Canada, Atari charges $125 for documentation, and $150 for docs with support. I suppose that this means that they feel support is only worth $25... (from the way developers talk about the quality of the documentation on the net, you'd figure that it should be $25 for docs and $125 for support). ron
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!ece-csc!mcnc!gatech!uflorida!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!chinet!mcdchg!clyde!watmath!watdragon!violet!rfpfeifle From: rfpfeifle@violet.waterloo.edu (Ron Pfeifle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Mega ST pinouts Message-ID: <9472@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 3 Nov 88 17:28:31 GMT References: <31088@oliveb.olivetti.com> <10338@cup.portal.com> <10771@cup.portal.com> Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu Reply-To: rfpfeifle@violet.waterloo.edu (Ron Pfeifle) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 25