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Dea/erIVEWSLETTER
Cctober 7, 1983
INTRODUCING ТНЕ PIED PIPER PROFESSIONAL
ТИБ SOLUTION DEALERS HAVE ASKED FOR
The PIED PIPER Professiona1 is а PIED PIPER 1 System . . _ .. _
P1us .. A second F10ppy Disk Drive [от а total of 1.6 million bytesof storage оп line
P1us .. Seria1 Board With: 1 RS232C interface апа а 300 baudAuto Dia1/Auto Answer direct connect Мосеm
P1us .. One free hour оп Compuserve
P1us .. Supporting Software
P1us .. CBasic Language Package
Р1из .. Monitor (NEC 1260)
"SPECIAL"
Аз а introductory offer (valid оп orders placed Ьу October 31, 1983)ТЬе PIED PIPER Professiona1 will include а сатту case va1ued at$49.95
This Ссщ:>1еtе Packaae is Priced а1.: On1y $1,999
?or уоит existing PIED PIF~R customers STM offers ап upgrade kitrc.'Ir the PIED ?IPER , at 5699.
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YOUR CUSTOМERS AREREADING ALL ABOUT US!
НAVE YOU READ ALL THESE REVIEWS ОР ТНЕ PIED РIРЕН RECENTLY?
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SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
ОСТОВЕН
TUES-AUGUST 30th
ВУТЕ
CREATIVE COMPUTING
POPULAR COMPUTING
NEW УОНК TIMES
and from England, featured оп the front cover and уету wellreviewed.
SEPTEMBER PERSONAL COMPUTER WORLD
Some key phrased have been extracted from each review andаге copied for уоиг convenience.
Неге'Е: а taste
"The PIED P!PER is easier to use than any other computer ••• "
SALES TIP$
Display the PIED PIPER and PIED PIPER PROFESSIONAL with а
printer. Мапу dealers have found it easier to compare twoPIED PIPERS rather than the РIЕО PIPER and another computer.It will also allow уоиг customer to make the right decisionto Ьuу the PIED PIPER.
АТТАСН REGISTRATION LABELAS SHOWN IN PICTUREON ВАСК SIDE OF PIED PIPER
[F)Orno [F)D[F)rn~"REGISTRATION CAR,D
PIED PIPER serial пumЬег
-71>L&'1То receive full wаггапtу ргоtесtiоп, you must геtuгп this геgistгаtiоп dосumепt withiп 10 days аНег the date ofpurchase.
Name _ Name _
Address _ Address _
City· State Zip _ City State Zip _
Sаlеsрегsоп _ ( )Ноте Рhопе
( )
Work Рhопе
Telephone # Date ~,-__
END USER AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTThe uпdегsigпеd Епd User 01 STM products hereby acknowl
edges that he ог she has read апd fully uпdегstапds the terms 01 theЕпd User Аgгееmепt iпсludеd iп dосumепtаtiопpackage, the termsапd сопditiопs 01 which аге hereby iпсогрогаtеd iп this dосumепt апd
асkпоwlеdgеd Ьу this геfегепсе.
The uпdегsigпеd hereby agrees that Ьу sigпiпg this document heог she becomes а party to said Епd User Аgгееmепt апd agrees to Ье
Ьоuпd Ьу а" terms, сопditiопs, апd оЫigаtiопs сопtаiпеd thегеiп.
STM SOFTWARE SERIAL NUMBERСР/М 2.2 Disk . _STM Utilities Disk _Perfect Software Disk . _
EXTENDED WARRANTYХегох Service W/N _Independent Service W/N . _Date of purchase Епd User's Signature Date
о 36-45
О 46-55
О 56 +
4. Age: D 0-18
О 19-25
D 26-35
5. Education Completed
D High Sehool
О Junior College
D College
D Graduate Sehool
What аге the two most likely applications for youг PIED PIPER?
О word proeessing D edueation
О data managementlfiling D personal application
D finaneial planning О program development
О communieations D other---------
О aecounting
1. о Maie 3. Ineome: О less than 15К
О Female О 15К-25К
2. Oeeupation: О 25К-З5К
О 35К-45К
О 45К +
6. Where will you use the PIED PIPER? 7.
О edueation О serviee organization
О small business D personal
О home. work related D other
О large сотрапу
8. Of these PIED PIPER features. whieh three interest you most? 9. How did you hear about the PIED PIPER?
О lowprices О portability О easeofuse О radio/television D verbal
D software О performanee О doeumentation О magazine О reeommendation
О design О сотрапу reputation О арреагапсе D newspaper О dealer
Dealer Сору far Recards О other
DEALER INSPECTION REPORT
PLEASE FILL OUT THIS FORM PRIOH ТО CUSTOMER DЕL,IVБRУ.
IF PROBLEM8 OCCUR DURING CHEClK-ОUТ REFER ТО 8TOIRETECHNICIAN. СНЕСК ВОХЕ8 ONLY IN ААЕА WHERE MODULE 18DEFECTIVE.
INSPECTED ВУ ОАТЕ
MECHANICAUСОSМЕЛС
PARTS MISSING О
DОА ОCASE О
HANDLE О
POWER PANEL ОKEYBOARD COVER О
LABELS ОКЕУВОААD О
OTHER О
D,ISK DRIVES
DOORS О
NOISY О
LIGHTS О
ВООТ ERRORS О
СОРУ ERRORS О
FORMAT ERRORS О
ОТНЕА О
LOGIC ВОААD
RESET BUTTON О
RS232 SERIAL PLUG О
VIDEO PLUG О
CQNNECTORS О
PARALLEL РШG ОOTHER О
SOFТWARE
MISSING
ERRORS
MANUALS
OTHER
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EXPLANATION OR COMMENTS:
STM ELECTRONICS CORPORATION525 MIDDLEFIELD АОАО
SU'ITE 130MENlO РААК, CALIFORNIA 94025
ATTN: PIED PIPER WARRANTY REGISTRATION
PLACESTAMPНЕАЕ
0б/~З/84 1st incoming call from 8il1 8hakal at Polk's location
La'Jghterто: ОК.
ЭВ: What have уоц installed оп the hard disk? What •• I •• put the hard disk••did уоц put the operating system оп.
ТО: УеБ: НООВ i5 оп there.
вв: Wh ich oYle?
ТО: НООВ. Hard Oisk FPerating Bystem.
Э8: Yeah, which оnе. 2.2 or 2.~?
то: Oh,
эв: 01<..
ОК. Оп the "I:,lder~" machiY'lE' is 2.0 оп the the newer machine is .=, ~...... ~.
то: And the reason i51 1 opened the other fir5t.
эв: ОК.
ТО: уоц might want to get ~.2 for your machine. 1 don't know if it will mal<.eаnу difference. 1 Y'lI::,ticed the install i5 diffet~ent ОУ'. them.
ев: Yeah. Where are•• 1 can't load ТВВ/С оп top of it then.
ТО: Уоц certainly should Ье able to.
ЭВ 'СаЦБе it's sаУ5 ~ incompatible operating system'.
то: Incompatible operating system? Let's Бее. If уоц ореn•• let's Бее. 1'т
trying to remember the instruction end of 10ading Т8В/С.
В8: It drops OI.lt. It says "lc'ading TSBiC" and shows the first file, уоц
know.
ТО: УеБ
\\ вв: TheY'1 it quits.
ТО: What's the пате of the first file7
~B: TBB(unintelligible).
ТО: Take а 100k. TBBiC might Ье оп there. 1 think 1 loaded TSBiC. Look atthat directory.. you right there.
ВВ: 1 can't load directory if 1 can't get оп ер/м.
ТО: ОК. Boot it цр with ОО8. НDО8. and ask for а directory.
ВВ: 1 don't know that уоц could do that or HD08 •• oh, sure уоц could.
ТО: Yeal,.
October 17, 1983
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8ТН DI8TRIBUTERs and DEALERs
8ТН HANUFACTURER's REPRE8ENTATIVEs
FROH: 8ТН ELECTRONIC8
Enclos@d is your n@w r@leas@ of th@ СР/М op@rating system for thePIED PIPER (V@rsion 2.00). We hav@ included 2 copies of th@pr@liminary manuals and оn@ disk@tte. W@ invite you to make thisoperatin9 8yst@m and Utilities availabI@ for your customers.Additional s@ts ау@ availabI@ for S10.00/pk9 (part * РРС-025) forа D@al@r оу Distributor Only (W@ cannot sell to th@ @nd-us@r).This N@w Op@ratin9 8yst@m is Load@d with features, her@ is а
sampl@:
-Directory Listing Utility/File Transfer UtilityАI lows PIED PIPER to read these formats:
NEC РС-8001 8in91& 8ided/DoubIe DensityOsborn& 9in91@ 8ided/DoubIe DensityХеуох 820 8ingle 8ided/DoubIe Density
-8yst&m Con1iguration UtilityAI lows the PIED PIPER to emulate these t@rminals:
АDМЗА
Haz.ltin*- Change Number 01 Disk Drives
Configure Expansion Card S@rial оу Modem
-Communications Software is includ@d
-Руерауе/Сору Utilities work with two drives
Pleas~ check the manuals for compJete details оп these Systems.
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