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From: posdamer@wucs.UUCP (Jeff Posdamer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc,net.micro
Subject: IBM PC AT, XT clones
Message-ID: <1312@wucs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 23:50:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 23:50:02 1985
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Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, CS Dept.
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Keywords: IBM PC AT, IBM PC XT, clones, compatibles
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We are beginning to look at upgrading our IBM PC lab. Recent ad's
have promoted numerous (inexpensive) AT (and/or XT) clones. I am
looking for those with experinece using these machines. In particular,
I need machines that have been used in a heavy-duty academic environment.
This means many "vigorous", inexperienced users sharing machines. I am
particularly interested in information about reliability, maintainability
including spare parts availability (we do our own maintenance) and compatibility
with such software as Autocad and PC Ansys. I really appreciate any reports of
experience. Thanks.
					JLP (posdamer@wucs)