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From: gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu (Garance A. Drosehn)
Subject: Re: 7.0 from a dealer? (help)
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References: <1991May14.160311.20573@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 14 May 91 17:58:17 GMT
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In article <1991May14.160311.20573@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> 
           jpf10694@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Joseph Peter Fleck) writes:
> Hello,
> 	I just got off the phone with a Forsythe Computer dealer here
> in NorthWest Indiana, and he said "No, 7.0 should be out in a couple of 
> days" to which I replied "It's May 14th today..  It was supposed to be 
> out yesterday..."  After discussing this further, he told me that the
> only way to get it was to buy the whole package.  I asked if I could just
> bring in some high dens, but he said no.  Is this true?  Can someone
> clarify this for me before I go running off to some dealer?  Please 
> e-mail an answer if you don't mind.  Thanks.

I work with a university micro store (with them, not for them).  With the  
advent of system 7.0, the size of the system has become a lot larger and having  
people come in off the streets to copy disks is not as practical.  We've also  
found problems with people coming in to copy system software, and "just happen"  
to pick up copies of commercial software that is also on our Macs (there for  
demonstration purposes).  This will not do.

So our plan for 7.0 is that we will have some students who work for us do the  
copies of the floppies.  We'll sell those for a buck per disk, or something  
like that, so it won't cost the user much more than buying blank floppies.  The  
objective is not to make a buck, it's to solve the hassles of lots of people  
showing up and expecting immediate access to a Mac just to make copies of the  
system software.

So, I can't speak for your dealer, but it sounds like they might be up to  
something similar.  If you absolutely must have it today, you have to buy the  
package from Apple.  If you can wait a few days you should be able to get  
copies of the floppies for a minimal cost.
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Garance Alistair Drosehn   = gad@rpi.edu  or  gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer                       (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;  Troy NY  USA
