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From: dfile@ecsvax.UUCP (Dean File)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Packard Bell Clones
Summary: Price is correct, but the wisdom is off
Message-ID: <5071@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 88 16:26:55 GMT
References: <8805090905.aa07461@FHP2.HUACHUCA-EM.ARPA> <1010@bellboy.UUCP>
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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In article <1010@bellboy.UUCP>, hack@bellboy.UUCP (Greg Hackney) writes:
> In article <8805090905.aa07461@FHP2.HUACHUCA-EM.ARPA> steep-mo@HUACHUCA-EM.ARPA.UUCP writes:
> >Anyone out there have any info on the quality, relaibility, degree of
> >"cloneness" of the Packard Bell PCs?  The DAK Catalog is offering the
> >Packard Bell AT Clone for $1999.00
> >Frank Bateman
> 
> That's way too much money. Must be a mistake. The Soft Warehouse has
> the basic Packard Bell 286 for $999 and the Packard Bell 386 for $2195.
> (w/o monitor and hard disk) For more info, 1+800-451-SOFT
> -- 
> Greg

I also get the DAK catalog; the $1999 price is correct, but it does
include 14" EGA, 40MB disk, Logitech mouse, Wordstar 4.0, Gem Draw,
and a few other SW items (like a $89 [!] desktop pub system).  
However, the ad says that the PB AT-compatible (w/o monitor or disk)
retails for $4399!  The retail for the whole shebang as offered by
DAK is $6637!  So the $1999 price, probably not the cheapest possible,
is at least within the general AT range.  But the prices quoted
as retail seem totally ludicrous.