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Subject: Re: Byte reader service cards
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Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 20:59:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  7 20:59:00 1984
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I confess -- I am one of those culprits who circle the little number on
the card if I'm halfway interested.  But (and maybe this makes the difference
for those vendors who DO continue to support reader service cards) -- I AM
halfway interested, and in several cases (admittedly out of dozens), the
follow-up literature DID give me the additional information necessary to
make a "well informed selection" and purchase.

I suppose I've bugged poor old Sage and Compupro half to death with
periodic requests for more brochures -- but they keep coming out with new
or upgraded products, and I NEED to know what they're up to.

I'm a link in the specification/procurement part of micros here where I work,
and have considerable influence/impact on specs and acceptances -- and I
MUST know where the state of the art (and marketplace) is.  I cannot
specify by brand name, and insist on "competitive procurement", but to KNOW
what vendors CAN offer.... that's important, and I feel all the companies
I send off to for literature have a fair chance of getting their money back.

Regards,
David Kirschbaum