rick@iddic.UUCP (Rick Coates) (09/10/84)
I bought an Ampro 'Little Board' computer - and while I have no complaints about the hardware, they have come up with a new twist in software. Manuals are optional. One of the reasons I went with this outfit was that they prominently advertised that CP/M 2.2 came with the board. They did not mean the manuals, however. When I asked about this, the response was a list of CP/M books, including Digital Research. I can buy the standard manuals for $35. Selling software without manuals is ridiculous (except maybe to Mr. Pournelle, then he couldn't have any negative comments about the documentation :-) ). Just thought you might like to know . . . . Rick Coates tektronix!iddic!rick
rob@asgb.UUCP (09/11/84)
The reason for selling the manual separately is not to rook the individual buying only one. It prevents the person or business that buys truckloads from having to buy more manuals than they need. If I was selling a special purpose computer and my customer didn't need the manual, I sure wouldn't want one per board. Hopefully they made it very clear in their add though, because I'd also be ticked if I bought a single board and was SURPRISED buy not getting the manual. Rob Greenbank Burroughs, Boulder CO