Not related to IBM or DEC but I had a similar (good) experience with Adaptec back in the day. I was a 14 year old kid trying to make an old ISA SCSI card work w

Not related to IBM or DEC but I had a similar (good) experience with Adaptec back in the day. I was a 14 year old kid trying to make an old ISA SCSI card work with a new fangled CD burner. The support rep said the card was no longer supported but hey would you like a newer SCSI card for free? In retrospect I'm pretty sure he just sent me a card out of a test pile knowing I had probably saved months to get the CD burner and couldn't afford a $150 SCSI card.