Weekly update about CSPPC at DCE

[x56h34]

Anxiously awaiting for the next update. :-)

[FrankBrana]

I  Have been very polite until now, but now Im really pissed-off by the waitting.

I have a great 4k, grex, etc etc and I cant used it due it has no CPU card. :-x

No news from Ron here nor personal email.

This only does affect me but the rest of amigans because I cant develop anything util for oue machines  :-?

[TjLaZer]

This is indeed the worst fiasco in computer history!!  Can anyone else name one this bad?  And I thought my CSPPC card was slow in 2001.  It is 2004 now and DCE still has it!!!  Unbelievable!!!  This May my card will be gone for 3 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HopperJF]

I remember reading about DCE and Phase 5 in Amiga Active August 2000. They were interviewed IIRC.
Didn't know back then things would end up like this.

On the PPC issue, I've found that as years have gone by, Amiga products have lost their professionalism, reliability, and build quality Amiga was originally well established for.

[Framiga]

Hi all,

no news here . . . have you received an update or so, recently?

Ciao

[x56h34]

No news at all. :-(

Ron, what's going on at DCE? Any progress over there? Is there still hope for us?

[Palpatine]

Sorry guys, no news at all right now. I can't get through to DCE by phone and there's no reply to email... Will keep on trying.

Cheers,
Ron

[Acill]

Yeah well thats it then I am sure. They have started up on there old ways once more. I think its time for all of us to get something together for a lawer to take care of.

[Viking]

Gav wrote:
Im just wondering,how do so many ppc boards become dead?I have a seen a lot of ppl selling broke ones ....

One reason is heat. They're heat-sensitive and needs a lot of cooling. I fried mine in a 4k desktop. Now i got my stuff in a tower.... without the PPC board. Guess where it is   :-(

[Rob72]

This situation, fortunately, does not affect me...but surely something can be done to resolve this.

I cannot believe that after this length of time, that no-one has issued a writ against DCE...has anyone sought legal counsel at all?

How many of you guys have been affected by this...? And for how long..? And how much cash are you out of pocket...? And what kind of response has DCE made to resolve this situation amicably?

I have only recently got back to the Amiga, after a 2 year hiatus...in that time, I have used an Apple mac.

It seems if there something wrongly advertised with Apple, be it iPod battery life, useability of Mac OSX on a G3 powerbook to name 2 very recent examples...the lawyers get called in (I am aware it is all USA based, but still...)

Couldn't you guys get together with a legal guy (isn't the non-coder startup guy from Hyperion versed in Law?...i may have got that wrong...) and get some legal representation and get this resolved...either some compensation, or to give DCE a kick up the a*!$ to get the boards fixed...

Just my thought...if this has been suggested before, do a DCE and ignore me...
 

[Framiga]

Hi Rob72,

i've contacted DCE again too but with no answer.

I've done, in the last few months, a lot of search (in a official way and not), to understand exactly, who owns DCE ATM.

I went through the European Katast but i've only had, a partial answer.

Now i have a question for you ALL (involved people and not).

Who is/are the DCE owner ATM?

It is only a simple question and NOT a statement.

Cheers

[Framiga]

. . . .so guys, have you fear of giving one simple opinion?

It is only a simple question.

Free opinion, not statements.

Ciao

[TjLaZer]

I was thinking maybe we should set up a web site with all the users that are out of a PPC card at DCE so everyone can see how many of us are out there!  This is rediculous!

[Markus_Bieler]

Yesteday I got mail  

They will repair my card. So they found it  

Sorry its in German. But they write, that they will repair my card and asked about the procedure of paying the costs.

-----
Hallo Herr Bieler,


es handelt sich um die Reparatur Ihrer CyberStorm Karte die nun

endlich durchgeführt werden kann. Die Reparaturkosten belaufen sich auf

150 Euro zuzügl. 39 Euro Versand durch UPS. Zur Abwicklung der Reparaturkosten

möchte ich Sie bitten sich mit uns in Verbindung zu setzen.


MfG



Michael Steinicke
michael.steinicke@dce.de


DCE Computer Service GmbH

Kellenbergstr. 19a

D-46145 Oberhausen

Tel. +49208660673


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[Framiga]

Hi Markus_Bieler,

thanks for the infos.

Have you contacted those email address in German language?

So it is "michael.steinicke@dce.de" and no more @dcecom.de?

Cheers

[Markus_Bieler]

I checked my mials now, and I got a pdf. file atached with the details about paying.

It is:

http://www.dce.de and fertigung@dce.de

They will repair my card. It has a faulty logicchip (?) and they reworked the CPU-Socket. Plus the change the CPU-Fan with a another one.

They mentiond in bold letters. "At installing Never pres onto the CPU-Chips."

If you like I sent you the pdf-file, but its in German.

Markus