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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Who is Packard Bell and why are they making clones?
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Date: 9 Nov 89 04:36:12 GMT
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gary@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Gary Barrett) writes:
>In article <3435@nmtsun.nmt.edu>, Jonathan R. Watts writes:
>> 
>>  The monitor was a CGA color monitor, model 1452CG, I believe.
>> After having it about 3 months, it suddenly died.  Apparently the power
>> supply shorted out.  I had it replaced.  Six months later, the replacement
>> died, WITH EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM.  
>
>Well, my Packard-Bell CGA monitor did the very same thing!  I
>suddenly lost the power supply after a couple of months of use.
>You think there's a pattern here?!  
>
>The company was super about replacing the equipment.  Very friendly
>and responsive tech support.  They gave me a new CGA monitor without
>question.  But since I later purchased a VGA setup, the PB monitor
>stills sits in the box.  I wonder what will happen now if I ever USE
>that monitor. Hmmmmmmmm  Thanks for the warning.

If it's any consolation.  PB makes good monochrome monitors.  This one that's
on my 16 MHz AT is running strong for over a year and a half.  It will be two
years old as of the end of March '90.

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