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From: chapman@fornax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Cheap AT clones
Message-ID: <246@fornax.uucp>
Date: Sat, 21-Mar-87 00:05:06 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 21 00:05:06 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Mar-87 21:56:08 EST
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> 
>I am looking for experiences about PC-Sources' AT clone.  It seems much cheaper
>than Club AT and PC's Limited etc.  Any comment about them?  
> 
> 				Frank Wang


PC-Sources is really Compu-Add.  I found this out by calling Compu-Add using
a phone number from a 2 month old issue of PC Magazine.  When the guy answered
and said "pc sources..." I figured wrong number but he said that they were
one and the same company but advertised by different names in different
magazines. I don't know if this bothers me or not - I mean what is the point?
If they are interested in knowing what advertising produces the most orders
all they need is different phone numbers.

I posted a request for info on this company and Miniscribe drives and got
absolutley no responses off the net which was both dissappointing and
surprising.  Compu-Adds 8mhz AT clone was a PC magazine editors choice
a few (2-3) months back.  Some of the comments the reviewer made were
not confidence inspiring (in the editor that is) however, e.g. to paraphrase
<meta quote> the hercules mono board seemed a perfectly compatible board
but I didn't test it very thoroughly <end meta quote>.  I took his
recommendation with a grain of salt.  They will also not ship stuff out
of the continental US even if prepaid by credit card so I had to arrange
an address in the US.  Despite all this I ordered their 10mhz clone and
a 70mb miniscribe drive and am now waiting for it with some trepidation.
They said delivery (which is free by UPS ground) would be 2 weeks ARO.

Hope this helps you.

john chapman
...{watmath,uw-beaver,ihnp4}!ubc-vision!sfucmpt!sfulccr!chapman

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