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From: dmkdmk@BRL.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Fountain PC Clone
Message-ID: <1953@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 25-Jan-86 09:01:38 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 25 09:01:38 1986
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> I've heard about the Fountain PC clone that's said to be popular at
> Stanford U.  The price is about $700-$800.  Anyone have any experience
> with it?
> 
> Thanks,
> LMTRA@SRI-KL (Leon Traister)
> -------

The experience a friend and I had with the Fountain PC was not at all a
very impressive one.  We found it to be *VERY cheap*, and don't consider
it at all to be a "clone", it would be better labelled a "mutant"!  :-)
It did not run a few of the software packages that it claimed to run,
and the unit that the salesman tried to push-off on us didn't even have
a cooling fan!!!  Personally, I wouldn't even consider a Fountain PC for
my own personal use, and would recommend *anything* over it, including a
hand-held calculator.  Why buy an inferior quality PC, when there are
much better ones out on the market (besides it's price) that'll last longer
than a few months, and at least have some resale value?
-- 
 
                                        David M. Kurtiak
                                        UNC - Greensboro
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