[comp.sys.mac] PMMU deal from Harvey Mudd College--what ever happened?

ngo@tammy.harvard.edu (Tom Ngo) (03/08/90)

    Does anyone out there remember the deal for cheap PMMUs put
    together by Tad Blakeley at Harvey Mudd College?  I sent in my
    $170 check, and haven't received or heard anything yet.  A brief
    history:

	Aug 89: I sent in my $170 check.
     13 Sep 89: Tad asked for new checks to replace the old ones,
		which were incorrectly addressed to HMCMUG.  I sent
		in a new check.
     19 Oct 89: In response to my query, Tad wrote to me saying that
		he was waiting on a couple of checks and that he was
		in the midst of midterms
     26 Nov 89: DITTO.
     26 Dec 89: DITTO.
     14 Feb 90: I sent him a message and never got a reply.
		
     What is going on??  

--Tom Ngo
  ngo@harvard.harvard.edu
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--Tom Ngo
  ngo@harvard.harvard.edu

dplatt@coherent.com (Dave Platt) (03/09/90)

In article <NGO.90Mar8095152@tammy.harvard.edu> ngo@tammy.harvard.edu (Tom Ngo) writes:

>     Does anyone out there remember the deal for cheap PMMUs put
>     together by Tad Blakeley at Harvey Mudd College?  I sent in my
>     $170 check, and haven't received or heard anything yet.

Back in January (I think) I got my uncashed check back, with no
explanation.  Another prospective-and-paid-up purchaser got his back,
also, and (after speaking with Tad) learned that Tad had decided to
abandon the project... again, citing overwork/midterms/finals.

The street-prices on PMMUs has come down quite a bit since the
group-purchase was first proposed... you can probably get one for less
than $170 from one of the chip-vendors who advertise in the back pages
of MacWeek.



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