prince@maui.cs.ucla.edu (09/22/88)
A little over two months ago, I purchased Hypercard Construction Kit
(Telesis Software Systems, or Telesis Educational Systems , or whatever
they're calling themselves now if they still exist somewhere).
I bought it here at UCLA in the computer section of our Campus Bookstore...
When I got it home and started going through it, I found it terribly buggy.
I called Telesis, and the Tech Support guy (I don't remember his name)
asked me to describe the bugs, and the package, which I did (I have the
initial release version, for which the manual is 3-ring looseleaf, with
no cover!).
He said "Oh, no problem! Your version is obsolete...I'll send you the
correct one next week."
I waited about 3 weeks and called the company again for a status report.
No answer. I continued to call them for a couple of weeks; no answer.
Conclusion: maybe they went belly-up. I checked with the Campus Bookstore.
(the story goes on for a while...)
Neither the bookstore nor I can find hide nor hair of Telesis, or anybody
associated with it. The distributor from whom the Bookstore got (or
*thinks* they got) HCK claims never to have heard of Telesis.
Can anybody shed light on this dilemma? I really like the idea of HCK;
I'd like a working version if there is such a thing.
Failing that, I'd like my money back (fat chance ... :-{ )
Failing that, I'd at LEAST like to unravel the mystery, close the case,
lick my wounds and go home.
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