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From: petrilli@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Petrilli)
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Subject: Re: cheap AT clones
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Date: 28 Jun 90 17:28:26 GMT
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In article <1990Jun27.155622.4621@cbnewsi.att.com> baller@cbnewsi.att.com (eric.h.baller) writes:
>I've seen ads for complete AT systems for less than $1000.
>I can go to the store (in NYCity) and the brands are familiar:
>AST, NEC, Epson.
>For $998, you get a 286 with 40MB disk, 640kRAM and mono graphics.
>A basic entry-level system, which is what I need at the moment.
>Has anyone heard (or experienced) anything with these brands or
>some of the NYC stores like 47St Photo, Camera World, or 6th Ave Electronics?

As a clone dealer (DTK/Micronics/Mylex), I can vouch that, although a 
majority of dealers are quite good (such as the ones mentioned), there are
quite a few who come and go VERY quickly.  Much of the time, the problem 
is not sales, but service and support.  The company I work for, we are an
exception it seems, everyone here has been using computers for at least 6
years, and we are programmers and hardware people.  The company was actually
started to cure or insatiable appetite for computers, at a lower cost.

The price you quoted seems pretty accuarate.  The questions you should ask
however is brands.  What hard drive? (We use Conners) Whose motherboard and
BIOS (we use DTK/DTK), and whose monitor (we use Packard Bell)? These
can have an big impact on the reliablity  and overall quality.



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