CompuServe Thread

DAK CD ROM reader

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#3763From: Betty Clay/SYSOPNov 15, 1990 11:33 PM
Allen, he usually tries to make it over here. However, Commodore permits him time to work on that one forum, and whatever he does over here is done on his own time – and he has to pay long distance phone rates at that. So, it is better if you post questions that someone from Commodore needs to answer over there in the forum set up just for that. Dave is extremely helpful, going far beyond what he has to do in order to help people get problems solved, and to get information from Commodore. He cannot announce things they haven't announced, or give us information that they have not released, but he sure is good help on getting problems solved. Consider this: There are four Amiga forums, and three Commodore 8-bit forums. Think of the difference in time involved in reading all seven of those PLUS the one he is assigned to manage. Also consider that he is allowed only a small part of his work day for telecomm support, spending most of it on telephone support. Why should we make it any harder on him than we have to?
#4073From: Allen MittsNov 24, 1990 10:41 PM
Betty, I certainly have no desire to make Dave work any harder than he already does. It just seems to me that CBM's interests would (should?) be switching from the 8-bit fora to the 16-bit fora. Regards, Allen
#4111From: Betty Clay/SYSOPNov 25, 1990 10:35 PM
Allen, I don't think you understand the names of the forums. There are three 8-bit forums: CBMART, CBMCOM, and CBMPRG. There are four AMiga Forums: AmigaVendor, AmigaArts, AmigaTech, and AmigaUser. Those fora are run entirely by people who have no connection with Commdore other than the use of their computers. AND there is CBMSER (Commodore Business Machines Service) which is separate from both the 8-bit and the Amiga forums, and which is operated by Commodore itself. Dave Minnich runs this Customer Service forum for Commodore, and they allow him only a limited amount of his time every day for doing it. He also does the online support on QLink, and maybe on some other networks, for all I know. The time Commodore allots to him for this does not always give him time to visit the forums for which he is not assigned responsibility. It is not lack of interest – it is just a matter of how much he can squeeze in. Betty
#4182From: Allen MittsNov 26, 1990 10:59 PM
Ahh.. OK, that makes more sense. He is in charge of CBMSER. OK, I thought that he was doing the 8-bit forums as well. Thanks for your help. Regards, Allen