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From: ki!dwatts@uunet.uu.net (Dan Watts)
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Subject: Re: IBM RS6000 delivery times
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Date: 3 Aug 90 13:10:09 GMT
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In article <1990Aug2.002712.17044@rice.edu> ballen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Bruce Allen) writes:
>My friendly IBM salesman has been trying to convince me to order an
>entry-level (model 320) RS6000 machine.   ....
>  He claims that delivery times are 6-8 weeks.  I
>don't find this credible.  Can anyone relate their experiences?

His quote sounds right.  I'm expecting ours to ship on 5-Sep-90 and we
placed the order a few weeks ago. That'll make it about 7 weeks or so.

However, this only applies to the first computer on order.  All other
systems are placed at the end of the ship queue and could take a very long
time to get delivered.  My sales rep won't even commit to a date for our
2'nd system :-(

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