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From: raj@spl1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: IMS clones
Message-ID: <125@spl1.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 13:33:21 EST
Article-I.D.: spl1.125
Posted: Thu Nov 19 13:33:21 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 21-Nov-87 17:56:38 EST
References: <1981@briar.Philips.Com>
Reply-To: raj@spl1.UUCP (Robert Alan Johnson)
Organization: The Software Public Library, Inc. Chicago, IL
Lines: 21
Keywords: IMS
Summary: Check Compu-ADD, PC Source and Bentley too!

In article <1981@briar.Philips.Com> myb@philabs.Philips.Com (Michael Bakhmutsky) writes:
>Did anybody hear about  IMS (Intelligent Micro Systems) offering clones
>from San Antonio, Texas by mail order ? Interested in reliability of both
>the company and their IMS-286 EGA Color System with a Samsung monitor. 

The IMS Clones are the same as PC Source, Compu-ADD, Bentley and another
bunch of companies all under the same ownership umbrella but marketing
under different names so they can get more than one *BITE*OF*THE*APPLE*.

Maybe you like the look of one add vs. the other, maybe you heard something
bad about one and nothing about the other.  Sometimes they get to experiment
with pricing the same product at different levels, ie. you'll pay more
for a clone advertised in four color print ads than one in lack and white.

There was an interesting article about this multi company *IDENTITIES*
about 6 months ago in PC Week.

So... Your request should be broadened to include the other trade names.

Bob Johnson
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