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...and a pretty torqued emptor he is, too! Follows a message I received today from a friend here within DEC. > From: MEMORY::FARRELL "Joe Farrell" > Subj: Sears and Apples > > You will recall I bought a LASER128 from Sears a few months ago. Well, it > died when I attempted to install a new disk drive on it. So, rather than > deal with Sears and have them take 3 - 6 months (quoted) to fix the system, > I dropped it off at a place in Worcester. Well, picked up the machine and > it seems that this version of the LASER128 is made 'special' for SEARS, with > chips,connectors and disk drive, that only SEARS can repair. The case is the > same as all other LASER128's. Another wiffo factor is NO other APPLEII > interfaces, ala memory will work, due to the connectors's being unique to > SEARS. > > Me thinks its time to sell the sucker.... I'd say Sears is doing a job on the unsuspecting Apple-compatible buyers of the world. If this had happened to me, I'd have suffered a meltdown on the spot. Comments from others who have been similary bitten? Cheers, Dick Binder (The Stainless Steel Rat) DEC Easynet: FIZBIN::BINDER uucp: { decvax, allegra, ucbvax... }!decwrl!fizbin.dec.com!binder Internet: binder%fizbin.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COM