KPETERSEN@SIMTEL20.ARPA (08/03/85)
From: The Root of all Evil <root%petrus.uucp@BRL.ARPA>
A N N O U N C E M E N T !
TAPR TNC 2 NOW AVAILABLE!
Tucson Amateur Packet Radio is pleased to announce the availability
of the new TAPR TNC 2. In field testing since January, it is now
ready for you!
Effective Monday, August 19th, the TAPR Office will be accepting
orders and, for the first week, will have extended hours (9 AM
until 9 PM Pacific Daylight Time - 12 NOON until 12 MIDNITE for you
Easterners). (These extended hours are possible through the
participation of volunteers, some of whom are travelling to Tucson
from all over the country to assist you in obtaining a TNC 2.)
280 TNC 2 kits will be ready for shipment on or about August 19th.
All parts are in hand (and boxed!) EXCEPT
a) the manual, which is at the printers and is expected back on
the 16th, and
b) the cabinet end plates, which will ship to TAPR on or before
the 10th of September. The first units will be shipped
WITHOUT the cabinet end plates; the end plates will be sent
to TNC 2 owners as soon as TAPR receives them.
The price for TNC 2 is $185 plus $10 S & H. A credit card order
incurs a 3% surcharge (that's what the bank charges us) for a
total of $200.85. Arizona residents must add tax, of course.
To order your TNC 2 kit, follow these simple rules:
1) Call the TAPR Office at (602) 746-1166
2) Have the following information available
* Your Name
* Your UPS shipping address (no PO Boxes, please)
* A DAYTIME telephone number at which you can be reached
* Your VISA or MasterCard number and expiration date
3) Two shipping labels (one for the TNC 2, one for the cabinet end
end plates) will be filled out WHILE YOU ARE ON THE PHONE.
4) Your credit card slip will be made out and read back to you.
5) You will be assigned a sequential order number. Number 101
means you will be shipped the 101st TNC 2 kit.
Due to limited supply and expected large demand, only one kit per
person and one kit per call may be ordered.
After Office hours, an automatic answering machine will be con-
nected to the telephone line. IT WILL NOT RECORD MESSAGES! It will,
however, advise of the day's order status and shipping status by
order number. Thus, in less than a minute, you can find out if
your order was shipped, if any orders are still being taken for
the following day, and how many TNC 2s are still available.
We hope this procedure minimizes any inconvenience to you, and we
will do our best to ensure that no orders are misplaced.
IF OUR SUPPLIERS DON'T SLIP IN THEIR SHIPMENTS TO US, an additional
300 kits will be available in mid-September. If you require
multiple units, or miss out on the 280 set for August, you may
order against the September shipments. Thus, after the initial
280 units, it will be "business as usual."
Thank you for your continued support of TAPR and
The Packet Radio Revolution!