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From: fontenot@ruf.rice.edu (Dwayne J Fontenot)
Subject: Re: WANTED : Miniboard
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 1994 07:00:43 GMT
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In article <french.758584636@cgl.ucsf.edu> french@socrates.ucsf.edu (Don French) writes:
>dtroup@carroll1.cc.edu (David C. Troup) writes:
>
>>	Some time ago someone was offering Miniboard boards and components
>>(kit and pre-made) in comp.robotics. I'm looking to get a miniboard but
>>I've lost the information since then. Could someone point me in the right
>>direction? Thanks... (if it's in the comp.robotics FAQ, then sorry for the
>>post!)
>
>If it was the guy in Columbus, OH (Gergory Ratcliffe, I think), you might be
>well to think of other sources.  I sent him $100 in August, got no 
>acknowledgment of receipt of the money, and *still* have not received my
>miniboard!  I have communicated with him twice on the matter and he first
>said he was waiting for parts, then said he just forgot me and will send 
>the goods, but still nothing.  Forewarned is forearmed.
>
>-- 
>Don French (french@cgl.ucsf.edu)

Yeah, the same thing happened to me, except I sent on the order of $325 in
August. I sent him email after about 2 months with no word and he said they
were waiting for microswitches, which would be available in 4-8 weeks from
that date. Since then I have heard nothing.

Dwayne Fontenot

