> Our RS cat is South Africa is in fact two seperate books, one containing the
> product, the other with the prices per 1,>5,>100 etc.
>
> Stephan
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Russell McMahon <apptech@CLEAR.NET.NZ>

>
> > 1.    If you are a RS customer be ware -
> > I assume that the new catalogue and CD is being introduced elsewhere at
> > about the same time as here.
> > The new RS CD autostarts and runs without warning or permission.
> > It APPEARS that it may overwrite system files that you may wish that it
> > hadn't.
> > At a minimum 1st make a copy of unidrv.dll in \windows\system just in
> case.
> >
> > 2.    The new NZ paper catalogue is a joke - they have relegated the
> pricing
> > to the rear of the book (even though there is space for it in the book
> > proper as before). Evidently we are an inferior market here. Shades of the
> > good old days. Farnell can expect a sudden surge in business.
> >
> > Do the new catalogues (or catalogs :-)) in other countries contain pricing
> > against line items?
> >
> > The electronic access is quite good and half fast but providing a rapidly
> > accessed pricelist would have gone some part of the way toward addressing
> > their stupidity in failing to properly price the book.
> >
Experience teaches me... NEVER never Never install a
catalog on ones PC from a CD ..... 99% of the time they
run very poorly, invariably stuffing up some part of the
system.
If I can read the products and prices without installation
(as in under Acrobat) then I will use it, else... in the round
filing cabinet.
I am afraid RS has degenerated into an emergency
supplier only (if they are the only ones who seem to
stock an item).
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Lance Allen
Technical Officer
Uni of Auckland
Psych Dept
New Zealand

www.psych.auckland.ac.nz

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