Re: Price for System Upgrades

Article View: comp.sys.mac

Article #32850

#32850

From: John O'Malley
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 04:15

22 lines
1671 bytes

In article <bcY4T7biEz1010ANi.M@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kucharsk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (William Kucharski) writes:
>Unless we have unusually nice dealers in the Bay Area, the price of a System
>upgrade is having the four 800k disks to copy it onto.
>					William Kucharski

If I'm not mistaken, it's legal to get updates of the actual system software
simply by taking four blank disks to a dealer (or other authorized source)
along with proof that you purchased a Macintosh.  Standard proof is any
original Apple-labeled System Tools disk.

Dealers sell a complete update package, including new original disks and
new manuals, for about $50.  Or, you (or your company/university) can pay
$100 for two complete update packages per year, which includes permission
to make as many copies of the software as necessary (like for everyone
on campus).

Ifya don't need the manuals, you can get the software itself for free.  Not
a bad deal!

John O'Malley           / Macintosh          / Purdue University / (317)
mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Project Specialist / Computing Center  / 494-9944

Technical Details

Message-ID: <790@mace.cc.purdue.edu>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!iuvax!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq

References: <8849@drutx.ATT.COM> <bcY4T7biEz1010ANi.M@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!iuvax!pur-ee!j.cc.purdue.edu!mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq
From: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Price for System Upgrades
Summary: Software's free ... but the manuals cost bucks
Message-ID: <790@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 4 Oct 88 04:15:56 GMT
References: <8849@drutx.ATT.COM> <bcY4T7biEz1010ANi.M@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (John O'Malley)
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
Lines: 22

Reply to Parent Message