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From: gst@talcott.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: PC's Limited "Turbo PC" query
Message-ID: <570@talcott.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 16:36:51 EST
Article-I.D.: talcott.570
Posted: Mon Feb 24 16:36:51 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Feb-86 20:23:04 EST
Organization: Harvard Univ. Sociology Dept. Cambridge. MA
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Keywords: clone, PC, PC's Limited, Turbo PC

Apologies if this question has been asked before recently...

I need to purchase a PC soon, and have developed an interest in the
"Turbo PC" advertised in just about every issue of Infoworld and Byte.
The ad claims the machine (which has 640K on motherboard, floppy drive,
AT keyboard, and 130W power supply, and runs either at 4.77 mHz or 6.66
mHz) "runs all major software for the IBM PC".

When I called their sales line recently, they expressed complete confidence
in its compatibility, but would not offer a money-back guarantee if I found
any incompatibilities.  (However, they will take back any merchandise for
refund less a 10% "restocking fee".)  I took a look at the machine a friend
ordered for his company, and it looks real nice.  I especially like the
keyboard, since the left shift key is reasonably placed, and they've moved
the <print screen> key over to the far side of the keypad where you can't hit
it by accident.  The CTL key is right next to your left pinky, and the return
key isn't too far from your right one.  Also, the keys don't have what I find
to be the annoying feel and sound of the IBM PC keyboard (sorry, Charlie).
They've moved the ESC key to the near side of the keypad, but there's a switch
on the bottom that allows you to move it back to where it ought to be! [ :-) ]

Anyway....    I would like to hear what anyone who has used the machine or
has one thinks and feels about it, especially as regards IBM compatibility
at the ROM BIOS level.  The PC's Limited people claim they wrote the BIOS
themselves--which makes me a bit wary, especially after what I read here
recently about what an accomplishment it was for the people at Phoenix.
(By the way, does anyone know whether they sell the ROM as a plug-in
replacement for clones that don't quite make it BIOS-wise?)

Thanks for reading my rambling question.  You can post replies here if you
like, or e-mail directly to me (I'll gladly summarize and repost any such
responses).  And, thanks in advance for your help.
-- 
	Gary Trujillo
	(harvard!talcott!gst)