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#Yo!

    11-Nov-91 14:14:36
Sb: #16226-#Yo!
Fm: David McCabe 70404,1056
To: Michael Gerard 75505,1757
When I bought one of the first Amiga's sold in Canada – a LONG time ago – I was working in the video production business and my employer wanted me to translate an Edit Decision List program I had written in BASIC on a Sony CP/M computer to C on the Amiga. He bought the (then) Lattice C Compiler and I started to teach myself C. I learned through the Amiga grapevine about a BBS run by something called the SoftWare Distillery. I called there and found John Toebes!! I even found his home phone number (don't remember how) there and called him to ask about the then new linker they had written, BLink, and was given a wealth of information. John continued to help me for about 6 months until the product was finished, never once saying he was too busy to talk and could I call back. IMHO, even though BLink was a P.D. product then, (it has since become the linker for the SAS compiler) the support and new knowledge I aquired(sp) from John about that product and C programming in general was and STILL is the highest level of customer support I have EVER recieved for ANY product, computer or not!! This may not tell you much about his experience with the Amiga, but it will show you what kind of support you will receive from him for any questions.