COMPUTE! ISSUE 37 / JUNE 1983 / PAGE 10
READERS'
FEEDBACK
Promqueen Review: A
Manufacturer's Reply
The following comments are excerpted
from a letter received from Stephen Bolger, General Manager of
Gloucester Computer Bus:
We read the review by Mr. Herman in January's COMPUTE!
with disappointment. Mr. Herman evidently did not consider the
Promqueen's merits as a development system; he merely considered it as
an EPROM programmer. When a manufacturer places his product in the
hands of a publication for review he places his trust as well that the
product, if reviewed, be reviewed on the basis of its advertizing
claims. Unfortunately, the review which eventuated does not appear to
address, much less mention the product's claim to be a microprocessor
development system. Such systems usually start at $5000 and go up
steeply from there. The Promqueen exists to give ultra low cost access
to a microprocessor development system.
Stephen R. Bolger
General Manager
Gloucester Computer Bus
COMPUTE!
endeavors to provide objective
reviews. While we regret that Mr. Bolger feels that his product was not
thoroughly described, the review was fundamentally positive and, we
believe, balanced. Further, we cannot agree that the Promqueen is the
equivalent of a $5000 development system, and would have done our
readers and the manufacturer a disservice if we had chosen to review it
in that light.