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From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang)
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Subject: Re: reaching Apps engrs by email
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Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 00:02:41 EST
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> Most of AMD's apps engineers have accounts on Unix systems where
> they can receive electronic mail. Without making any commitment
> to do anything, I would like to inquire as to whether there would
> be any interest in being able to ask applications questions to
> our engineers via email or whether the old fashioned way of telephone
> calls is good enough. I am sure that many (most) of the users of
> USENET are software types but there are enough hardware types to
> justify groups like net.analog.
> 
> I had in mind publishing a list of chips and the mboxes of the engineers
> responsible for supporting them. Send mail to me indicating:
> 1) whether you'd use this
> 2) how do you get applications assistance now
> 3) what chips you're interested in
> 4) estimate of the annual dollar value of AMD chips you buy now
> (personally I don't care but I think management does)
> 5) general comments
> 
> If you consider this an exploitation of the net, don't flame me,
> just let me know. We certainly don't want to offend anybody, just
> possibly offer a service of value to people.
> -- 
>  Why, that's more useless than the left thumb of a touch typist!
> 
>  Phil Ngai (408) 749-5720
>  UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil
>  ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.ARPA

maybe instead of a netwide newsgroup, you might be looking more at a netwide
mailing list.

-eli

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