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From: Bruce_Peltzer@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Peltzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Tandy produces a winner?
Message-ID: <5833@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 12 May 91 16:10:18 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> anthony@convex.csd.uwm.edu writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <12082@uwm.edu>
> Posted: 12 May 91 05:32:39 GMT
> 
> Org.  : University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
> Person: Anthony J Stieber
> 
> In article <91131.224709RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
> >got high ratings were the Grid 1720 and the Panasonic 270, both of
> >which are Tandys under their skin. Wonders never cease!
> 
> Actually, just about every single MS-DOS machine that Tandy sells right now
> is actually a Pansonic.
> 
> Tandy hasn't made original equipment for some time now,  [stuff deleted]

BZZZZT! Wrong! Having been the PC Technician for a large corporation here in
Canada, I have had plenty of opportunity to tackle the insides of several
Panasonic computers. Each one was made by Tandy, not Panasonic. Matsushita
simply repackages Tandy computers as Panasonic (different case so they look
different). The Tandy 2810 is made by Tandy. The Panasonic 270 is made by
Tandy.

Also, we needed to locate a service manual for the FX-1925s (16MHz 386sx) so I
talked to a couple people at Panasonic. Both stated that they did not have
manuals available. I suggested to my manager that we get a Tandy manual
(usually very thorough) but nothing happened from that route. After I came back
to work from 4 months in college, I again pursued the elusive Panasonic
manuals. I told the West Coast Regional Manager in no uncertain terms that I
wanted a manual. He said that Panasonic still didn't have any available but
asked if I minded if the manuals he would send me said Tandy on them.

To make a long story short, Tandy DOES make computers.

                 -bp-.

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