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From: greg@travis.cica.indiana.edu (Gregory TRAVIS)
Subject: Re: 6.6 Roms aren't free, but might be available
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Date:  5 Jun 91 00:00:09 GMT

In <42845@cup.portal.com> Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes:

>We recieved the 6.6 rom upgrade notices (I am a Service Tech). I seem to
>remember reading that if your Western Digital chip was the revision "A"
>model you could get the upgrade 'in warranty'. I will double check this
>when I go to work on Monday.

Yes, please do.  My local dealer, _Digital Arts_, claims that they talked
to Commodore service who told them that the 6.6 ROMs would not be available for
free unless the card were still under warranty - i.e. purchased less than
a year ago.  There was no mention of cards having the "A" chip being
exempt from this requirement.  Since my card was one year and two months
old at the time of the 6.6ROM announcement this meant I would have to fork over
the $40.00 (or whatever - close enough) for the "upgrade."  Digital Arts
didn't think that was too fair (although I hadn't even bought my machine
from them) and told me they would pay for the "upgrade."  I though that
was terrific service on their part.

greg "three SCSI drives, all of which hang" travis
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Gregory R. Travis                Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47405
greg@cica.indiana.edu  		 Center for Innovative Computer Applications
