[2839] in Release_7.7_team
Fwd: Mistake in the new Dell config in saws_config.html
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kathleen Moriarty)
Wed Jul 18 14:56:19 2001
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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:57:59 -0400
To: john.macdearmid@necxdirect.com
From: Kathleen Moriarty <kathleen@MIT.EDU>
Cc: release-team@mit.edu, owls@mit.edu, knyzio@mit.edu
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John,
Can you correct the description for this item? The NECX number is
161184. The quote that is referenced for this item is correct, so
no systems have been ordered with the wrong card, only the
description is wrong.
Thanks, and let me know if you need add'l information.
Kathleen
>
>Kathleen:
>
>This is a repeat of the telephone message I left you.
>
>I've just reviewed the saws_config.html web page, and the NECX catalog
>entry for the Athena configuration and there is an error:
>
> Sound: Sound Blaster AudioPCI sound card
>
>This is **NOT** correct.
>
>The Dell quote 59006501 that I received from you on 26 April 2001 is the
>ancestor to all valid Athena GX150 quotes and it CLEARLY states:
>
> Sound Card: Integrated Sound Blaster Compatible
> AC'97 Sound (313-8170)
>
>It is IMPORTANT that we find the source of this error.
>
> Did Dell introduce an unauthorized change?
> Did NECX ignore content of the quote sent them?
> Or was there a cut/paste error in putting together the web page?
>
>I am HOPING that the 64 systems we bought did not get some random sound
>card added to them by some spasm at Dell.
>
>-wdc
