Re: [NTLK] URGENT: DO NOT BUY THIS.

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 08:34:53 PDT


On 23/09/03 11:17, "Robert Benschop" <rbenschop_at_euronet.nl> wrote:

> Laurent Daudelin wrote:
>>> A while back Ferdi emailed me offering me some of his SER-001 clones
>>> and
>>> what he called "An alternative to the Pixsolution upgrade card".
>> This is clearly trying to ripoff people! The SER-001 is a serial port
>> replacement while the Pixsolution upgrade card is a processor
>> accelerator!
>> Not an alternative at all!
>
> I think there's a mixup in the word 'and' here.
> I don't think he was trying to make his SER-001 imitation pose as an
> accelerator, he offered it WITH the accelerator option.

Sorry, yes, it depends on what 'and' means here. If it means another option,
then that's fine. If the original poster used 'and' as some kind of an
enumeration to his SER-001 clones, then it is a ripoff...

-Laurent.

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