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From: tlhilde@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Troy Hildebrand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: I wanna buy one (a 386/?) - Summary (very long)
Keywords: 386, 386/SX
Message-ID: <1990Nov9.153344.276@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 90 15:33:44 GMT
References: <1990Nov9.045017.6796@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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In article <1990Nov9.045017.6796@agate.berkeley.edu> link@stew.ssl.berkeley.edu (Richard Link) writes:
>Thanks to all those who replied to my question regarding a good deal
>on a 386 or 386/SX.
>
>I think the replies I got may be of interest to others, so I am posting
>the entire text of the messages received.
>
>Warning: this is very long.
>
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>From: tlhilde@ecn.purdue.edu (Troy Hildebrand)
>
>I purchased a 386sx from Octagon Computers (advertised in the shopper).
>The system is as follows:
>
>386sx
>2 Meg ram
>80 Meg SCSI drive
>5 1/4 HD floppy
>1024x768 Loop Monitor w/512K 16bit card
>mini tower, 200W ps, keyboard...
>dos 4.01 / gwbasic included
>
>total price:  $1881.   And here's the kicker:  two year "on site" warranty,
>meaning if you have a problem that cannot be solved over the phone, they
>will send a technician out to you (if you are withing 50 miles of the 
>nearest outlet that they have a contract with).  I have not taken advantage
>of this yet, however.
>
>I was happy with the price they gave me, but they did not do a very good
>job putting it together.  I had to send back the VGA card, which did not
>display color when used with programs other than the vga card's software,
>and both the vga card and the serial card arrived un-seated.  This could
>be their fault, or UPS's.  Also they forgot to include a power cable.
>
>all in all, i am happy for the price.
>
The above was my reply to Mr. Link's request.
I was relatively happy with Octagon.  At least until I tried to contact 
my sales representative early this week. I have since tuesday of this week,
however, started to reconsider my situation.

I am unable to contact anybody at "Octagon Technologies Inc" via their
800 number (1-800-726-1775) and have been unable to obtain a number for
them via directory assistance.  Their ad in the shopper claims that they
are located on 16th street in NY, NY.  DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO CONTACT 
THEM?  Their two-year warranty is no good if they went out of business :(.

help,

Troy
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