Date : Sun, 15 Apr 1990 22:17:03 GMT
From : bbn.com!gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: Aztec C for CP/M Dropped
In article <21608@athertn.Atherton.COM> paul@Atherton.COM (Paul Sander) writes:
>In article <54714@bbn.COM> gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez) writes:
>>I called Manx Software Systems (201-780-3072), last month, to confirm that
>>they still carried the CP/M version of Aztec C. A man answered the phone
>>as if it were his home. Uh-oh. I asked about Aztec C for CP/M. He said
>>that the company is now called "MCS", and they no longer support CP/M.
>
>Are you kidding? I just bought copies of Aztec C for Apple ProDOS and
>CP/M from Manx three weeks ago. When I called, a woman answered the phone
>in a professional manner, had never heard of what I wanted and passed me
>along to another woman who was very helpful. She said they BOTH compilers
>in stock, and I had them in my hand 7 days later (shipped UPS ground).
>She did admit that she didn't know anyone was still using Apple CP/M, though.
>
>I've called their technical support BBS sevaral times, and it seems to be
>active, and it still answers the phone as "Manx".
Maybe the guy I spoke to hacked me. I originally called 201-780-4004,
which is the number listed in the Aztec C manual I had borrowed from a
fellow employee. The man who answered said that Manx no longer had that
number. He could not provide me with the new number. I then called
directory assistance (201-555-1212). The operator gave me 201-780-3072
as the number for Manx Software Systems. I called the number and got
the results I posted above. Did I get the wrong number? I am both
disappointed and embarrassed for receiving and propagating incorrect
information. May I have the correct phone number, for future reference?
-Jim.
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Aztec C for CP/M Dropped
Reply-To: gonzalez@vax.bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez)
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
In article <21608@athertn.Atherton.COM> paul@Atherton.COM (Paul Sander) writes:
>In article <54714@bbn.COM> gonzalez@bbn.com (Jim Gonzalez) writes:
>>I called Manx Software Systems (201-780-3072), last month, to confirm that
>>they still carried the CP/M version of Aztec C. A man answered the phone
>>as if it were his home. Uh-oh. I asked about Aztec C for CP/M. He said
>>that the company is now called "MCS", and they no longer support CP/M.
>
>Are you kidding? I just bought copies of Aztec C for Apple ProDOS and
>CP/M from Manx three weeks ago. When I called, a woman answered the phone
>in a professional manner, had never heard of what I wanted and passed me
>along to another woman who was very helpful. She said they BOTH compilers
>in stock, and I had them in my hand 7 days later (shipped UPS ground).
>She did admit that she didn't know anyone was still using Apple CP/M, though.
>
>I've called their technical support BBS sevaral times, and it seems to be
>active, and it still answers the phone as "Manx".
Maybe the guy I spoke to hacked me. I originally called 201-780-4004,
which is the number listed in the Aztec C manual I had borrowed from a
fellow employee. The man who answered said that Manx no longer had that
number. He could not provide me with the new number. I then called
directory assistance (201-555-1212). The operator gave me 201-780-3072
as the number for Manx Software Systems. I called the number and got
the results I posted above. Did I get the wrong number? I am both
disappointed and embarrassed for receiving and propagating incorrect
information. May I have the correct phone number, for future reference?
-Jim.