Msg: 818 *Conference*

11-06-91 09:11:29

From: RICHARD HANSON

To : TIM MIHULKA

Subj: REPLY TO MSG #809 (TS-DOS RIPOFF)

Tim:
        I was more than a little on edge the day I read your message.  I even
wrote you a letter and mailed it to you explaning why it hit me so hard.  I
appreciate your apology.  Looks like I was probably out of line, too.  One day
I may learn not to explode.  There are times when I just can't maintain
control.  Sorry about that.
 
        The royalty is reasonable, just $5.00 per unit sold, paid quarterly.
And I was the one who set the royalty price in my proposal to them in 1989.  TS
has been very good to me.  They pass every M100 caller on to me, including
letters.  They've been super about making sure I have anything I request.
 
        Tracy Allan pointed out, the other day, that when TS was selling the
TS-DOS ROM they used 8K EPROMs because the 16's were too expensive.  Today, I
buy 1,000 27C256 200ns EPROMs in bulk for $3 - $4 each.  I keep the EPROMs in
stock and usually keep a rail's worth burnt for each ROM type I carry, i.e.,
TS-DOS 100, TS-DOS 200, TS-DOS NEC, URII 100, URII 200, URII NEC, ROM2/Clu 100,
ROM2/Clu 200, ROM2/Clu NEC.  Now I'm working on setting up CardFile by Tony
Anderson, and will have CRDFL 100 and CRDFL 200 in stock as well.
 
Thanks for coming back online and explaining your position.  I appreciate that.
-Rick-