RE:

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

They won't replace a defective dongle?  That's low.  Tell them that your discussing their failure to stand behind their products on the midrange-l list and I think they are wrong.

 

Get an AS/400  timeshare account from ediconsulting.com or netshare400.com and get a full blown AS/400 for playing around, and not some knockoff product that breaks down because of a dongle.

 

 

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Fran Denoncourt
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 8:44 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject:

If this is the wrong forum, please let me know.
Has anyone had experience with California Software's Baby400? I bought a version a few years back that required a dongle. Haven't used it a whole lot - just between contracts.
Tried it two weeks ago and apparently the dongle quit working. I contacted CA and got a quick turnaround from a sales rep who stated that he would give me a 'free' upgrade if I paid $2,400 for the annual maintenance - which I had never bothered with.
My response was that I thought that was pretty steep for a small piece of hardware. (hey don't use dongles anymore.)
Bottom line, I have software I cannot use because the hardware doesn't work and they won't replace it....unless I come up with $2,400.
Is there a similar product that gives a PC the look and feel of an AS/400. I just want it for messing around between contracts.
Again, my apologies if this is the wrong forum.
Thanks,
Fran Denoncourt

fran_denoncourt@mindspring.com