Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site msdc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!msdc!dan From: dan@msdc.UUCP (Dan Forsyth) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: satellite netnews costs Message-ID: <119@msdc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 13:13:14 EST Article-I.D.: msdc.119 Posted: Mon Dec 17 13:13:14 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Dec-84 02:47:15 EST Organization: Medical Systems Development Corp., Atlanta Lines: 20 Look folks, I think there's a problem with perspective here. How much did you pay for the 1200bps modem sitting on your little Unix system that listens for your news? About 500 bucks I'll bet (maybe $400 if you're a good shopper). So how could you hope that a cable TV decoding setup could cost much less? Especially when there's much less demand for them.This is to those bozos out there who would pay thousands for an IBM PC or Mac or whatever and 3 or 4 hundred for Lotus 1-2-3 or MultiPlan or Dbase II and then would have the gall to flame about a cable-to-RS232 decoder that costs the same as a phone-to-RS232 modem. You deserve to get what you pay for! Squeeze those nickels and let the dollars slip through your fingers! I feel better now. Thanks. Dan Forsyth ({gatech,akgua,mcnc}!msdc!dan) Medical Systems Development Corporation, Atlanta, GA