Typing in magazine ads

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Subject: Typing in magazine ads
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Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 01:45:50 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 19 01:45:50 1984
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From: Ed Pattermann
A note to those who like to type in magazine ads and send them to INFO-MAC. If
you really want to provide some useful information to the list, don't just
type in the ads, but actually call up the company and ask some REAL questions
like 'is it available now', 'if not, when?', 'what's your upgrade policy',
'where can I buy it', 'does it really work', and any other product-specific
questions that would be of interest, like 'does it really produce MAC
applications', 'will it take advantage of the 512K Macs' or 'do you really
provide full toolbox support', etc, etc.

Remember, BYTE ads are sent in well ahead of the publication date, and what
appears in an ad and what the product really looks like can be two different
things.

I'm sure all will appreciate the effort even more.

Thanks,
Ed
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