kentsu@microsoft.UUCP (Kent SULLIVAN) (01/08/91)
I thought some of you net folks out there would appreciate this bit of news: ----- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/7/90: Creative Micro Designs (CMD) of East Longmeadow, MA and Dr. Evil Laboratories of Redmond, WA are pleased to announce that CMD has acquired Dr. Evil Labs' SID Symphony Stereo Cartridge and SwiftLink-232 Serial Interface peripherals for the Commodore 64/128 computers. Effective January 1, 1991, CMD began handling all sales and service of new units of both products and their support software. In addition, CMD continues Dr. Evil Labs' tradition of offering "one-stop shopping" for the SID music enthusiast by selling the Enhanced Sidplayer book/disk 3-voice music editing package and distributing the powerful 6-voice Stereo Editor. CMD also offers a disk of Sidplayer extensions for MIDI playback. Kent Sullivan, General Manager of Dr. Evil Laboratories, commented on the agreement: "We are very pleased that CMD will be taking over production of both cartridges plus the support software. CMD is in a unique position to offer these two outstanding products to a larger, international audience of enthusiastic Commodore 8-bit owners." Charles A. Christianson, Vice President of CMD, also commented on the acquisition: "We are very pleased about the acquisition of the SID Symphony and SwiftLink-232 cartridges. We believe that they will help us to continue our tradition of supplying the most powerful and innovative products to the Commodore 8-bit owner." Any orders received by Dr. Evil Labs which are postmarked after December 31, 1990 will be forwarded to CMD for processing. Customers are urged to use CMD's toll-free order line and credit card capabilities for quick, hassle-free ordering. Their order line is 800.638.3263 (U.S. and Canada). For orders outside the U.S. or for questions concerning this press release, call CMD at 413.525.0023. Dr. Evil Labs will continue to provide warranty service on any products it has sold, as well as online support on CompuServe, GEnie, and Quantum Link. Dr. Evil Labs will also continue to distribute the public domain telecommunications program C-64/128 Kermit v2.2. ----- Kent Sullivan Microsoft Corporation The opinions expressed in this article are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.