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From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu
Subject: System 7.0 available from CompuServe
Message-ID: <1991May15.155731.148@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu>
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Date: Wed, 15 May 1991 15:57:31 GMT

Well, my fiancee just gave me a ring.  She's on the Technical Team
over in Compuserve Customer Support.  It seems that System 7.0 has
been placed in the Macintosh Development Forum on Compuserve.

Now, before you go rushing off to Compuserve, some caveats:

Optimal download time at 2400 bps is 6 hours.  That's right, 6 hours -
and that's when the lines are good and Compuserve isn't busy.  At CI$
rates ($12.50/hour) that would cost $75.00.

Six hours at 2400 bps is -optimal time-.  Right now the Mac Dev Forum
is -swamped- with people accessing it.  It takes about 3 minutes just
to actually get into the Mac Dev forum after you enter the command to
go there.  People who are trying to get at the System 7.0 files are
often recieving "File busy" messages due to the sheer number of people
trying to download it.

So your download time may be significantly longer than 6 hours @ 2400
bps.  Add in your own time spent taking the downloaded files and
turning them into the actual System 7.0 disks, and you've probably
spent more than $100 (I don't know about you, but my time is worth at
least $15/hour).

So, if you download System 7.0 from CI$, you'll probably end up
spending more money in online charges and time spent than you would
spend buying the System 7.0 Personal Upgrade Kit from your dealer. Not
to mention that you get docs, 90 days free phone support, and
Hypercard 2.1 (minimized) from the PUK - you don't get those from
Compuserve.

So buy it from your dealer if you can, and get it from CI$ only if you
can't get it from your dealer (or don't have a dealer)...
---
Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University
VMS:<gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu>  UNIX:<gaynor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine.  So there!
Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.
