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From: IKS@PSUVM.BITNET (Indra K. Singhal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: AST Premium/286
Message-ID: <16122IKS@PSUVM>
Date: Tue, 30-Jun-87 18:18:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: PSUVM.16122IKS
Posted: Tue Jun 30 18:18:35 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 2-Jul-87 01:18:55 EDT
References: 334@cs1.UUCP
Organization: The Pennsylvania State University - Computation Center
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In article <334@cs1.UUCP>, cbcscmst@cs1.UUCP (Michael Steven Temkin) says:
>
>Is there anyone out there in netland that has any experiences with the AST
>Premium/286 AT-Compatible?  I am thinking of buying one and would like to
>know of any pitfalls(pluses) of this computer.  The computer is for sale
>on CompUServe for $2300 and includes 1MB memory on a 2MB motherboard, 1-1.2M
>disk drive, AST 3G+ graphics card, 70MB disk drive, parallel and serial port.
>I don't know of any thing I might have forgotten (otherwise I would have
>included it here).  Please respond to me directly as I do not want to clutter
>up the net.
>
     
I have exactly the machine you are talking about... Model 170. I am super
thrilled withit. Based on my recommendations 3 others have bought it with
same degree of satisfaction.
     
I bought mine in Feb. IN march my keyboard began sqeaking ... I called their
tech support and lo and behold... I had a new keyboard in the mail. I sent
mine back. They always return your calls the same day... thrice with me.
     
Machine is superb... read the reviews. April PCTECH J. and ohters. Document-
ation needs work.
     
Note: memory is not on the motherboard... all on the "FASTRAM" card. it uses
100ns memory for 0 wait state. I populated my board to full 2M>
     
This machine is a winner !!!!
PS: $2300 sounds too good to be true... I paid $3099 with 70MB Micropolis.
    Make sure you get a Micropolis... great 28ms drive.
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     Keep Smiling (-:-)                  --Indra K. Singhal
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