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Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?

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From: char... Charles Robinson
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 00:00
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Pete Spomer (spo...@apple.com) wrote:
: > ...
: > * the photocopy of the disk - why would the service center want a *copy*
: >   of a disk? If the disk is defective, they have you send it in for an
: >   exchange.
: 
: I hate to tell you this, but the "photocopy of the disk" scenario has
: happened at least once. To me.
: 

I know when I was ordering upgrades of our Novell Netware, we routinely
photocopied the serialized 1st floppy (a serial # printed on the label of
floppy #1) and sent that copy in as proof of ownership before being sold
the upgrade....  So it has been done intentionally before.

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| Charles Robinson      Mpls, Minnesota   | "You can't have everything... |
| email: char...@visi.com                |  where would you put it?"     |
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From: char...@visi.com (Charles Robinson)
Subject: Re: Coffee cup holder - CD drive UL?
Date: 1996/08/29
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