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From: mark@unisec.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pal Jr.
Message-ID: <545@unisec.usi.com>
Date: Thu, 28-May-87 07:24:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: unisec.545
Posted: Thu May 28 07:24:32 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 30-May-87 06:08:27 EDT
References: <1135@crash.CTS.COM>
Organization: UniSecure Systems, Inc. Newport, RI
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Summary: Still waiting for Pal Jr.

In article <1135@crash.CTS.COM>, iqbal@pnet01.CTS.COM (Iqbal Hans) writes:
> 
>      Does anyone have the Pal Jr. expansion system that is manufactured by
> Byte by Byte?
>      Could you please e-mail me some kind of review?
> 
>      From what I've read this sounds like a pretty good product (except for
> the price), but I haven't seen too many messages about it.
> 
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>                                            Iqbal Hans
>

I ordered my Pal Jr. on May 4 and at that time was told it would be
delivered in three weeks.  After Fed-Xing my purchase authorization to
them, I called a few days later to find out how things were coming.
I was told that it would be "another three weeks", since they had
"run out of parts".  I am basically a trusting soul, but that line is
a little hard to swallow.  Does anyone in net land have "inside info"
on what is going on at Byte-by-Byte?  Are they actually snagged on
FCC certification or do they really have production problems?

As for the product, Iqbal, there's a comparison of its performance 
to four other hard drives (CLtd., MAS, Supra, Xebec) in
the latest AmigaWorld.  Out of about 17 tests, the Pal Jr. came in
first (or tied for first) in all but one category.  The price is a bit
steep, but it's a nice package if you need hard disk, memory and
clock/calendar + expansion all at once (I do, I do!).  It alleviates
my fears of multi-vendor product incompatibility.  My only remaining
concern is that I may never get to use one :-). 

Mark

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