Busted Buster
Commodore doesn't give a hoot if you "buy any of their equipment ever
again."
Get used to it. 🙂
Really, Commodore's position on this isn't *that* unreasonable. If
Commodore starts selling A4000s with 3.1, there isn't going to be a free
upgrade for everyone with 3.0. Why should everyone get a free upgrade to
-11 Busters? Bugs are fixed in 3.1, just like they are in -11. How are
they any different?
"they will have to fix the defective computer they sold me"
What is defective about it? If you aren't using any boards with Zorro-III
DMA, nothing is defective about it. Even if you are, how is this any
different from the OS version? Or from the revisions auto makers
incorporate into new models? You think they don't fix bugs? They find
that some part breaks too easily, so they strengthen it, etc. Do you
think everyone with last year's model gets the new part? Hell no.
Nothing is wrong with A4000s with the -09 Busters except that Zorro-III
DMA doesn't work. The outside of the box doesn't say "Includes Zorro-III
(with DMA)" in big letters. The 4000 substantially functions as
advertised. And for a specific function which is busted, they'll fix it in
free in the first year when you show that you need it fixed to use it, not
to say to yourself that it is fixed.
— Dale L. Larson, Intangible Assets Manufacturing
— INTERNET:dale@iam.com