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From: ins_amme@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Marc Egazarian)
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Subject: Re: Montgomery Grant - "CUSTOMER BEWARE"
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Date: 9 Aug 89 20:11:11 GMT
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  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