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From: dollas@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: PC's Limited "Turbo PC" query
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Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 00:05:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 27 00:05:00 1986
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Nf-From: uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU!dollas    Feb 26 23:05:00 1986


   I had a similar scepticism before I bought one in November.  The machine
is nice and has caused me no problem in compatibility of hardware or 
software. The extra 'goodie' of the soft-programmable clock comes handy
often. The one thing I do not know is what is the company support in case 
of a failure (service, reliability, time, cost, etc), but I  am quite pleased
that so far there was no need for it. 
   The keyboard layout is nice, but not the keyboard itself; in fact the 
space bar is so bad (only one switch close to the center) that if you do
not hit close to the center it does not register the space!!! Anyway, for
the price it still is a nice machine, and the keyboard is not that atrocious,
in fact it's better than the h1500 that I use right now at my office (enter
usual gobs of disclaimers).
   The monochrome card that I got, the monitor, and a 300/1200 modem were from
another company, not PC's Limited.
   The BIOS seems fine; before switching to another BIOS check about the
capability of switching the clock  with that (the one that comes with the 
machine uses Alt-Ctl-(minus)  for that).
   One thing that I would like to see in the market is a real-time 
clock/calendar w/ battery backup, which does not come with assorted memory, 
I/O, etc. 

   Apostolos Dollas
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(These are my opinions, and maybe one day they will be written in the
 Encyclopedia Brittanica).