info-mac@utcsrgv.UUCP (info-mac) (05/04/84)
Date: 3 May 1984 03:54-EDT From: Jerry E. Pournelle <uw-beaver!POURNE@MIT-MC> Subject: deadlines To: INFO-MAC@MIT-MC I have a column deadline first part of next week. Would appreciate information/comments on: 1. I have sources say that the reson you cannot get your Macdisk fixed if it dies (and many do) is that the replacement drives are being kludged by hackers to make second drives for their systems, and are being bought out the back doors of stores. May not be true, but I can certainly get goot source materials. 2. Is there ANY available applications software for Macintosh as of this date? (Not what will be out next week...) 3. A correspondent tells of buying a Mac which died within an hour. The store quoted a four week time to fix; Apple policy forbids supplying him with one from pipeline and swapping live for dead unit; calls to Apple produced sympathy from those taking call, but return call saying that was indeed policy. (Reader got refund and bought Kaypro.) Is this indeed Apple policy, and if so, why? I have a Mac. It's much fun. I agree that many people who would never play with computers find it fascinating. Without software, languages, or assembler, it m ay be a bit costly for some of us.