eugene@cs.athabascau.ca (Eugene Rubin) (09/18/90)
I just had a letter returned which I had sent to Avant-Guarde Systems regarding my PCDITTO-II. It was stamped "Moved - left no address - Unable to forward"! This certainly looks like Avant-Guarde has gone belly-up and is now OUT OF BUSINESS. This confirms the recent message on the network regarding Avant-Guarde's lack of phones. Does anyone know any more details about this? This does not look good for us PCDITTO users! And I just got mine working after having to hack apart the insides of my 1040 to install it. What I was writing them about is.... I received a very early version of PCDITTO II and the software disk they sent didn't have all of the programs they mentioned in the installation manual. Also, they didn't include a user's manual. Does anybody have the software and user's manual that they would be willing to copy and send? I'll pay for any copying and mailing costs with gratitude!
iho@milton.u.washington.edu (Il Oh) (09/18/90)
In article <757@vax.cs.athabascau.ca> eugene@cs.athabascau.ca (Eugene Rubin) writes: >What I was writing them about is.... I received a very early version >of PCDITTO II and the software disk they sent didn't have all of the >programs they mentioned in the installation manual. Also, they didn't >include a user's manual. Does anybody have the software and user's >manual that they would be willing to copy and send? I'll pay for any >copying and mailing costs with gratitude! The update package of PC-Ditto II never had the user's manual. The disk also didn't have the diagnostics programs. The user's manual is unnecessary as they didn't have anything new (from the original PC-Ditto) to tell anybody. This does not bode well that they've moved. I'll see if there's any talk on Compuserve on this subject. il
david@doe.utoronto.ca (David Megginson) (09/19/90)
May I propose a new news group: alt.flames.pc-ditto Votes? (Just joking). Seriously, with XT clones weighing in at around $700, it's not too economical to invest in emulation -- unlike Mac emulation. This is in no way intended as an insult to the hundreds (thousands?) of people out of money because of Avant-Guarde's big promises and small delivery. I came close to buying it myself, except that I was too poor too at the time. Perhaps group therapy might help. David -- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / David Megginson david@doe.utoronto.ca / / Centre for Medieval Studies meggin@vm.epas.utoronto.ca / ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
STT@kcbbs.gen.nz (Jon Clarke) (10/01/90)
We have had PC_Ditto II for sale down here for $nz999. Which is cheaper than a PC_Clone. However we have a PC_Speed which works 100% every time all the time and none of the nightmares I have heard about pdc II. Jon Clarke +---------------+-----------------+---------------------------------+ | o( ) STaTus | The Atari BBS | Snail mail to : Jon Clarke, | | / /\ BBS. | in Auckland,NZ +------------+ RD#2 Drury, | +---------------+-----------------+ Running:: | Auckland, | |Mail : STT@kcbbs.gen.nz | MBBS Ver 3 | New Zealand. | | : J.Clarke6 - GEnie +------------+--------------------+ | : 72000,3555 - CIS | Node 1&2 :+64-9-606067 / 608485 | +---------------------------------+---------------------------------+