Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Another year of waiting for the R8 motor-drive!
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 08:28:40 -0500

At 10:41 AM 6/14/98 +0200, you wrote:
>Yesterday, while browsing the Leica web pages, I noticed that (at least 
>on the German language pages), it is said that the R8 motor-drive will 
>probably be available by the end of... '99!
>
>Does anybody know what could explain such huge delays (the R8 came out at 
>the end of '96, the motor-winder at the beginning of '98)?

It's powered by Windows 98? :-)

From what I'm hearing, it's getting all the parts suppliers lined up, after
losing a major one.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

An SB-26 is a case for holding dead batteries.