Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!aplcen!jhunix!ins_amme From: ins_amme@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Marc Egazarian) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Montgomery Grant - "CUSTOMER BEWARE" Message-ID: <2247@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 9 Aug 89 20:11:11 GMT References: <62434@linus.UUCP> <178@modcomp.UUCP> <18925@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: ins_amme@jhunix.UUCP (Marc Egazarian) Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 35 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Montgomery Grant - "CUSTOMER BEWARE" Summary: Expires: References: <62434@linus.UUCP> <178@modcomp.UUCP> <18925@mimsy.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: ins_amme@jhunix.UUCP (Marc Egazarian) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Keywords: I bought my A500 in mid may from MG's walk in store in Penn Station. The price was good, although I got suckered into a 1084SD for a slightly higher price (I was feeling very gentile that day). I have had no definite problems with the unit, although I sometimes wonder about the disk drive. It sometimes gives me problems with games with very tight security systems. I've gone through three copies of Accolade's The Duel, all of them working about two days intensively, and then giving up. If I felt it worth dragging the 500 200 miles back to New York just to argue with those morons (phew, just narrowly avoided a racial slur), I would, but 90% of my disk have worked flawlessly, so I don't bother. As near as I could tell, the package was new and unopened, and I am fairly sure the 1.3 roms are installed (I haven't ripped it open to check for fear of warrenty problems. Last monday (the 31st), I called Computability in Winsconsin to order a Master 3A drive on my MC. It cost me $135 including shipping, and arrived last saturday here in Baltimore. It looked factory sealed and is working flawlessly to date. BTW, I am a broke college student and plan on upgrading to 1 meg no later than December. --Marc INS_AMME@JHUNIX