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Subject: Re: TC-70 vs MM/1
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Date: 27 Jan 91 19:46:33 GMT
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In article <2535@batman.moravian.EDU> halkoD@batman.moravian.EDU (David Halko) writes:
>The TC-70 comes with more memory than the MM/1 (from what I last remember...)
>
>Because of the extra memory, the TC-70 is slightly faster than a stock MM/1.

Extra memory does not, in general, speed up an osk system.  (Ghost
modules are kicked out if memory is tight, and putting more stuff on
ram-disk can speed a system, but if your system has enough memory,
adding more will not speed it up.)

>The TC-70 will act as a direct mother board replacement for owners of
>QT systems,

Only K-Bus systems.  My QT+ and QT20x are not K-bus based.

>FHL has been around for quite a few years (over a decade) and delivers 
>excellent support! He has delivered me nothing but the greatest support 
>over the past couple of years with technical assistance for the 
>equipment that I had purchased from him. 

Frank is a nice guy, but don't make any purchases based on "this will
be available".  (His plans quite often don't become reality.) If you
want info on os releases, new boards, etc. in a timly fassion, you
have to call him and ask.  The extra software he supplies is porly
documented, and at least one program he gave me had a real nasty bug.
(mv will quite happliy put multiple files in a directory with the same
name.)  Make buying desisions based on what is shipping, not his
expected timetable for future offerings.  (Not bad advice about any
vendor.)


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