Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!xrxedds!toml From: toml@xrxedds.UUCP (Tom Love) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Z-88's cheap via mail order?? Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 89 15:53:15 GMT References: <10591@nlm-mcs.arpa> Sender: news@xrxedds.UUCP Organization: Xerox EDDS, Herndon, Va. Lines: 51 In-reply-to: sandro@nlm-mcs.arpa's message of 14 Nov 89 03:07:42 GMT the z88 community, which i have had minimal involvement with, seems set on a distributer in mechanicsville, virginia as the best price/service dealer. the name is sharp's, phone 804-730-9697. they carry a full line of z88 hardware, accessories, doc, software. i just called them again, their prices are: basic cpu $450 32KB RAM $40 128KB RAM $95 512KB RAM $370 they were selling the cpu for $400 a few months ago. they also sell packages for pc and mac users with cables and file transfer software - i didn't inquire price. usual disclaimers - no connection to them. i've never even done business with them. speaking of z88's - i've been thinking of buying one for quite some time. a few things holding me back are: absence of floppy storage (i know about the add-on external, just not keen about the final package price), and unfamiliarity/paranoia about the quality of the available software. generally it seems that the final package price for a reasonable z88 setup is a little hard to rationalize against, say, $600 for a toshiba T1000. any users out there want to assuage my fears and skepticisms? any z88 users out there at all? tom love Xerox Engineering Design and Documentation Systems 607 Herndon Pkwy, Herndon, VA 22070 703-787-2027 ARPA: toml.herndon@xerox.com XNS: toml:herndon:xerox UUCP: uunet!xrxedds!toml {sun|rlgvax|hadron}!sundc!ra!toml GENIE: tomlove (infrequently used) Disclaimer: they didn't do it, i did, so leave them alone. -- tom love Xerox Engineering Design and Documentation Systems 607 Herndon Pkwy, Herndon, VA 22070 703-787-2027 ARPA: toml.herndon@xerox.com XNS: toml:herndon:xerox UUCP: uunet!xrxedds!toml {sun|rlgvax|hadron}!sundc!ra!toml GENIE: tomlove (infrequently used) Disclaimer: they didn't do it, i did, so leave them alone.