Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!silver!gpatel From: gpatel@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Gautam Patel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: CompuAdd 316SX experience/comments Message-ID: <46880@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 6 Jun 90 16:44:55 GMT References: <21726@megaron.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: root@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington IN. Lines: 20 In article marks@cattie.UUCP writes: >lai@cs.arizona.edu (C. Patrick Lai) writes: > >> My friend is considering purchasing a CompuAdd 316SX (a 16MHz >> 386sx). Has anyone had any experience with this machine? He is >> actually considering the "SX Success Kit": 316SX with color VGA, >> 1MB RAM, 80MB hard disk, 5.25 and 1.44 HD floppy drives, plus >> Panasonic KX-P1124, mouse, and a bunch of software (DOS, Windows/386, >> Spinnaker 8-in-1, etc). I think this is a good deal for $2450 >> (plus tax), given that he will have local service -- he is buying >> from the local CompuAdd retail. Any comment? My boss has the exact same machine and his hard drive has crashed twice already. I'm not sure if the drives are inherently defective or whether he just got unlucky. Gautam