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Subject: Re: Byte reader service cards
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Date: Fri, 10-Feb-84 12:18:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 10 12:18:00 1984
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    Date: 7 Feb 1984 17:59-PST
    From: ABN.ISCAMS@usc-isid
    To: Holbrook.ES@parc-maxc
    Cc: MKB@cmu-cs-c, Info-Micro@brl-vgr
    Subject: Re: Byte reader service cards
    In-Reply-To: The message of 7 Feb 84 15:25:06 PST (Tuesday) from Holbrook.ES@PARC-MAXC.ARPA
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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
    
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That's a ditto for me. I often make the same sort of decisions or render 
advice on hardware.  I feel the info I receive is well spent costs by the 
company.

Kevin Rappold