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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:22341 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems:5058 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3336 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!insosf1.infonet.net!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!emory!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!nobody From: peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: Any Royal users out there? Date: 20 Aug 1994 22:39:03 -0500 Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Lines: 10 Message-ID: <336i8n$phb@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> References: <Cut7Ds.92A@ucdavis.edu> <Cuut4n.IB3@ucdavis.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com What I did was pay extra and buy from a local screwdriver shop that guaranteed it'd work under FreeBSD or they'd make it work. I probably ended up paying quite a bit too much 'cos it took them long enough to make it work that prices were down significantly... but I'd rather lose out on a month of the system than end up with something that's flaking out on me. Since most of the mail order places are pretty much the same sort of shop... just in another town... you end up with the same prices plus tax plus whatever they decide to soak you for the guarantee. And you get to try YOUR software out on their machine before you buy it.