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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