CompuServe Messages

Perry, I decided at first not to acknowledge your verbal abuse, but after thinking about what you wrote, I thought I should make my statement. As you wrote… | You know Niessen, you are one massive juvenile. For the year | or so that you've had the 2232 you've been desparately trying to | get whatever attention you could by constantly name dropping that | you had the product. I have not had the A2232 board for a year – In fact, it has only been since February. I'm not trying to get attention, but only to make it known that Commodore is working on a Serial Card with 7 Serial Ports. Not everyone wants an ASDG product. Again, your words… | Not only is the price you've mentioned quite wrong, the delivery | date of the product IF IT COMES OUT is about a year away. I love | your “only the software driver needs to be completed before it is | ready.'' If you had bothered to read the previous messages you | would have seen that not having the software to a serial board | completed means you have no product. As you can see, my comment regarding the price is… "Price is aimed at around $300-400 range (Don't hold me to this, as it was just an aim by them)." It is, as is noted, an AIM, and was told to me as an approximate release price. I have not been made privy to a final price OR release date. As for the comments about the software drivers, there is software, but it is not completed. Commodore decided that programming 1.4 is currently more important than a Serial Port driver. More of your words… | Additionally the 2232 is not an announced product and therefore you | are violating your non-disclosures with CBM. I will personnally take | great pleasure in insisting that you never get anything from CBM again | (without buying it from a dealer). Be my guest… More drivel… | In short, you've finally got your chance to name drop that you have a | 2232 which for intents and purposes is a non-existant product. You've | succeeded in spreading confusion where none was needed. I have just informed the public about other alternatives, even though they may not be ready at this point. Many people waited for the Amiga once they heard about it. More of your wisdom… | (To the reading public: Neissen has been posting messages addressed | to me for about a year talking about how cool he is for having a 2232. | For the reasons outlined above, I've deleted them. Is that ethical | you ask? Well, if I had not deleted his messages dating back almost | a year, when/IF the 2232 does finally come out you will have delayed | your purchase decision for over two years when other products were | already available. | For every person who waits for the possibility of CBM releasing its | own serial port board because of unauthorized, and in fact, illegal | posturing on the part of an individual there will be many third | parties seriously hurt for no reason except that it provided | temproary relief for a name dropping individual's ego.) Perry, did that feel good? Like I said, February until June is not a year, and it is the public's right to be informed. If you don't agree with my comments in messages, do not delete them from a public forum, but make your own points. For those who are interested, the message which caused Perry's comments follows: ——————————————————————— Dear ____, I am beta testing the Commodore A2232 7 port serial card that plugs into the Amiga 2000 and provides 7 serial ports in addition to the standard one. Price is aimed at around $300-400 range (Don't hold me to this, as it was just an aim by them). I've been using it with no problems. Only the software driver needs to be completed before it is ready. Sincerely, Brian R. Niessen, DesignTech Business Systems Inc. ——————————————————————— It was a reply to an inquiry to alternative serial ports for the Amiga. After obtaining this information, and the information from Perry, the person who asked the question decided to go with the ASDG product because: a) It may be better than the Commodore one, and b) It is available now, and c) He didn't need more than 2 serial ports. Sincerely, Brian R. Niessen, DesignTech Business Systems Inc.