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From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Help w/PB286LP
Message-ID: <174@mnopltd.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 91 13:24:46 GMT
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->Howdy, I just picked up a Packard Bell PB286LP at a local leachmere,
->(they let it go for a song :-)), however, I'm starting to think 
->perhaps it was a death march :-).
..............

I bought one about a year ago as a stopgap lap until the price/size/performance
jumped an order of magnitude, which I suspect will be in another year.  I have
been quite satisfied with it.   (I also got it cheapo at LetSmear)

->	a) Does anyone know anyone good in the Boston area who works
->	   on PB machines?
No. And actually, according the the Mitsuba guys I talked to at Comdex, it is
really a Mitsuba Ninja 12, built for Packard Bell.  So of course PD don't 
know beans about it.

->	b) Are there any "standard" gotcha's with this machine?
No killers.  If you figure out how to see the right hand 1" of the screen in
Hercules Graphics mode, let me know.  (I spent $50 on a monitor for graphics)

And mine seems to start beeping about the battery after 1.5 hours, although it
runs for another hour until it powers down.

->	c) Is there a user/support group?

Yeah. you and me.

->	d) Is PB *REALLY* this bad with customer support, or is there
->	   another number I should call?

I thought they were useless, and I gave up.  There is a mitsuba dealer in town, 
but I haven't had any trouble worth persuing.


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