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From: lasky@iris.ucdavis.EDU (Ty Lasky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Good Mail Order Company
Keywords: EPS, 386, Mail Order
Message-ID: <7813@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
Date: 11 Oct 90 18:33:13 GMT
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Reply-To: lasky@iris.ucdavis.EDU (Ty Lasky)
Organization: Robotics Research Laboratory
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I just wanted to let the group know about what I feel is a very good
mail order company.

I just bought a 386/33 MHz machine from a company called EPS.
They advertise in PC magazine sometimes.  The total cost of the system
was $4000.  The thing that attracted me to EPS was that they tell you
exactly what components you will be getting in your system, unlike
other mail order companies who say, for example, that you will get a
14 inch VGA monitor, and you don't know who makes it, what the
dot-pitch is, whether it is interlaced, etc..

There is a good reason that EPS is willing to tell you what will be in
your system:  they use some of the best components available
throughout the entire system.


386/33MHz Motherboard, AMI BIOS.
4 MHz RAM (0 Wait State)
64K (25 ns) Static RAM Cache
200 Watt power supply
2 serial/ 1 parallel /1 Game port
1 32 bit slot / 5 16 bit slots / 2 8 bit slots
Teac 1.2 and 1.44 MB Floppy Drives
Micropolis 1654-7 160 Meg HD (16 ms access time)
Adaptec 64k Cache Controller
Sony CPD 1304 Color VGA (0.25 dot pitch, 1024x768 non-interlaced)
Orchid Pro-designer II with 1 MB video RAM
101 Keyboard
DOS 3.3 or 4.01
QEMM 386
1 Year Warranty / On Site Service (TRW)
60 Day Money Back Guarantee (First 30 days no restock fee)


As you can see, this baby is loaded.  You can get a 386/33 machine for
cheaper, but not with a comparable configuration.

EPS also has really good service.  The salesman that I talked with,
Todd Booge, was very helpful and willing to deal a little bit with any
customizations that I wanted for the system.

The only thing that is lacking on this system is good documentation.
You just get a bunch of manuals from the various manufacturers, but no
manual for the overall computer system. So, if you really need good
documentation, you may want to consider this. However, EPS does have
really good tech support too.


Disclaimer:

I have no affiliation with EPS other than as a satisfied
customer.  I just wanted to pass this information on to the network.
Do with it what you will.  If you ARE in the market for a new
computer, then I think this company is at least worth checking out.
As usual, your mileage may vary.

Ty A. Lasky
University of California, Davis
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Robotics Research Laboratory

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