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From: binder@asd.DEC.COM ("Exit, pursued by a bear")
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Subject: Re: IIGS emulation cards
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Date: Fri, 17-Oct-86 11:46:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 17 11:46:00 1986
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> Rule of thumb:  never by a computer, short of a true clone, for
> compatibility with another machine.  Somewhere, some time, when you
> least expect it, you're going to be let down hard.
> 
> Grobbins.

The only absolutely true clone is a twin made by the original company - all 
the clones seem to fall down when you least expect it.  The best PC-AT clone I
know of is the VAXmate, from DEC.  It's been given the "functionally
compatible" rating (the highest possible) by a company that rates clones, and
it even runs the Flight Simulator.  But as good as it is, and it *is* nice,
I've played with one, and with as much as comes built in (1 meg, Ethernet
port, serial port, etc.), $4000 is a lot of bucks for a private individual to
cough up for a *personal* computer without a hard disk.  (That's $1600 more.) 

Cheers,
Dick Binder   (The Stainless Steel Rat)

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