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From: greggt@VAX1.CC.UAKRON.EDU (Gregg F. Thompson)
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Subject: Packard Bell Quality...
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Date: 6 Nov 89 19:14:32 GMT
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I have been selling Packard Bell Computers for a little while now and have
only had one problem, a monitor.  It seems if you are not careful in making
sure you have switched the dip-switches (all the right ones) properly you
might have the wrong configuration.  This caused a Mono Packard Bell Monitor
to blow a fuse.  I suspect this is the case for most.

As for quality of machine, you can't beat the price (unless you buy from
FastMicro).  The 286 is very solid and the XT is a little more plastic than
their 286.  Nice ATI monitor graphics card! (on XT at least).

Hey for $1000 you can get a PC-XT 10mhz, 12" monographic hercules and 16 shade
CGA emulation monitor (because of the ATI card, not the monitor), 32 megs!
640k, 1 360k flopyy, serial and parrallel port, and last I checked it still
comes with software (hard disk is preformatted too!).


As ALWAYS, run some diagnostic programs for at least a day! (full 24hrs).
(ATI provides a monitor test for their card)


GRegg
To live is to die, to die is to live forever;			GRegg Thompson
Where will you spend eternity?			     greggt@vax1.cc.uakron.edu