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From: troj@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
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Subject: Gateway 2000 info
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Date: 15 Nov 89 02:10:01 GMT
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For the past few months I've been helping an acquaintance determine what
sort of '386SX machine to purchase.  He'd limited his choices down to
Zeos, Austin, or Gateway 2000.

After we both talked with the same salesman (Jeff Uhl), we decided
that Gateway 2000 definitely has a system worth investigating...

Advertised in the November 1989 issue of Byte was a 16 Mhz '386 for $2395.

Loaded as follows:
	2 megs (expandable to 8 megs on the motherboard)
	40 meg 28 ms hard drive (they're switching it to a 68 meg for free)
	ATI VGA Wonder 256K (upgrade to 512K for $50)
	Keytronics keyboard
	Tatung color monitor (swap to NEC Multisynch 3D for $100)
	1.2 meg 5.25" floppy
	1.44 meg 3.5" floppy
	AMI BIOS
	DOS 3.3 or 4.01
	Deskview/386
	1 parallel, 2 serial ports
	1 8-bit slot free (XT style)
	3 16-bit slots free (AT style)

30-day money back guarantee
1 year warranty

One thing to note, however, is that DOS 4.01 (possibly 3.3) comes pre-loaded
on the hard drive.  My guess is this mean that no manuals are included with
the system.

From my conversation with the salesman it sounds as if few, if any, parts of
the package are etched in stone.  Instead, they're willing to change things
around at the buyer's request.  Some changes cost money, some reduce the
charge, some leave it alone.

Any feedback on this?

-Kevin Trojanowski
 troj@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
 trojpg@uiamvs.bitnet