Janus 3.0
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Has Janus 3.0 been released yet in the form of an upgrade package?
Kelly,
Not yet. (It's Janus 2.1, actually.) I've strongly suggested it to
Commodore, but it's low on their list of priorities, I guess.
Marion
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Janus 2.1 is now available via Commodore parts. You use the same part
number for Janus 2.0.
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How do you contact 'Commodore parts' this is the first that I've heard of
it. Are you SURE that they have the same part # for two different
versions. I don't want to spend my money and just get another copy of what
I already have.
Mike
Mike,
If you leave a question in CBMSER (Commodore service), Greg will get you
part numbers within a few days, along with the price. He's doing this
after work hours these days, just so the service will still be provided,
so he doesn't get on every day, but usually two or three times a week.
—Betty
Thanks for the info. Mike
You get to Commodore parts via your Amiga dealer, and yes, I am sure about
the part number. We ordered it, and whammo, we got 2.1 of Janus. This
after talking to Commodore about it.
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MarkM,
How about the part number for the High Density Drives for the A2000? Is
there a different number for the A3000, too?
Ready to take orders?
chris
I will have to check on that… I read here that one dealer had his
ordered filled on the high density drives, alas, that has not happened to
us.
-mark=
Thanks for the confirmation re the parts number. It just looked a bit odd
compared to most software/computer stuff. It would actually make SENSE if
you ordered with a part number and then got the most up to date version.
That's probably why I expressed some disbelief. I work with computers for
a living so I've come to be (probably too) skeptical about the companies.
Thanks again! Mike
Mark,
Good. Thanks for letting me know…
Marion
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Newsletter for the Bridgeboard, etc.
I really can't understand CBM (and other computer manufacturers at times,
actually many times). They have a product ready which improves their
existing product and addresses problems their users have had. Then they
wait and wait to release it. If they really wanted to support their users
they would follow a lead like Apple's, and release the software for
downloading from the forum and for distribution via user groups and over
the internet. If you wanted new manuals, buy the upgrade kit which
included them. We've already bought the hardware – we want to use it more!
Why delay. Unhappy/dissatisfied customers are death to a product. Happy/
satisfied customers are things which no advertising budget can buy!
Mike
They did this — updating software via electronic distribution — ONCE.
The 1.3.0 –> 1.3.2 upgrade. I was rather annoyed that they didn't do it
again.
// Brian — Cruising on AutoPilot…..
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The fact that they HAD done it, which was very convenient, was one of the
reasons I brought up the point. One of the other messages, which said that
the dealer got it very quickly, was very encouraging.
Mike
Brian,
I remember when Commodore updated its software via electronic
distribution. The 'folks' out there gave them hell for doing it, because
they did not release it to 'usenet', nor did they allow it to be posted on
the local bulletin boards.
So, I suspect they will never do it again. People are always so quick to
bite the hand that feeds them.
-mark=
Well, for crying out loud, the C= policy was a little oddball. After all,
the update was useless without the original program. But user complaints
about it were not so swift either. They should have innundated C= with
requests to post it to Usenet, Local BBS's affiliated with Amiga user
groups, etc. That may have brought about a morefavorable response….
// Brian — Cruising on AutoPilot…..
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Mike…
I agree, and I've told Commodore so. I think it's just low on the list of
priorities at a time when Commodore is introducing a lot of new stuff.
Marion
CROSSINGS
Newsletter for the Bridgeboard, etc.
News item as of Monday – Apple decides to start charging users for
operating system upgrades previously offered free. ($99/shot). I wonder if
Apple will offer rebates for the "Updaters" which fix the upgrades. My
favorite headline in a computer magazine last spring went to a MacWeek
editiorial "Quality is not job 1.1.1", referring to Apple's infamous
release of the wrong updater (1.1) to fix the updater (1.) to Mac O.S. 7.0.
I'm not knocking Apple on the fact that you have to issue a bug fix, that's
a fact of life, especially when a new release is a virtually total rewrite
of the O.S. But the fact is that their bug fix introduced as many bugs as
it fixed. The fix-to-the-fix-to-the-fixer did seem to get it right.
Enough pontificating… Mike