Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!orsvax1!pyrnj!caip!topaz!harvard!talcott!gst From: gst@talcott.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Leading Edge PCs / NCR's Message-ID: <579@talcott.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 16:24:59 EST Article-I.D.: talcott.579 Posted: Mon Mar 17 16:24:59 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Mar-86 03:29:47 EST References: <172@bucsb.UUCP> <578@talcott.UUCP> Organization: Harvard Univ. Sociology Dept. Cambridge. MA Lines: 26 Summary: P.S. to Leading Edge "Model D" note In article <578@talcott.UUCP>, gst@talcott.UUCP (Gary S. Trujillo) writes: > In article <172@bucsb.UUCP>, berlin@bucsb.UUCP (David K. Fickes) writes: > > I haven't heard any comments on the Leading Edge Model D or > > the NCR PC family... I am interested in any comments/horror > > stories that person's might have... > > Well, I don't personally have any experience with the Model D, but > the machine received a fairly good review in the December 16, 1985 > issue of "Infoworld" (pp. 43-44)... > As a possibly-interesting postscript on the Model D, I just came across a comment made by Infoworld columnist John C. Dvorak in the January 20 issue: If you have a Leading Edge Model D (probably the hottest- selling clone in the country), you should note that Kahng designed it so the video display is HERCULES COMPATIBLE. "Nobody wrote the software drivers for the Hercules screen, though." Kahng told me. I'm sure some user group hack will take note. So... take note! -- Gary Trujillo (harvard!talcott!gst)