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From: andyl@palnet.UUCP ([Andy Lester])
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Northgate Computer Systems 386 Machines
Message-ID: <[931.1]andyl@palnet.comp.ibmpc;1>
Date: 1 Jan 89 20:00:11 GMT
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I can't arg   tell whether the price is acn  ny good or not, but     as I'm loo

king around
the market myself right now, but I DO have expereince       ience with Northgat

e.

About a ear   year ago, we  my company wanted to t get an AT system for doing  

       maybe doing
some new development, a so all this was very new.  We got the box
from BNor    Northgate, plugged it in, and everything e worked perfectly out of

 the
box, notwithstanding the addition of a Periscope debugging card.
Only thing is that the monitor died after about 2 days.   We spent 
most of 2 days after that trying to get thru on their tech support 
line, but when t we did git  et thru, we    the FedExd the replacement monitor 

to
us, no q uest                                       ua s, no questons   ions, n

o returns necessary.  They stuck in a little note saying
"Please return the busted one to us.  We're being nice to
you bu y sending this to you w/o getting the old one back, so don't
screw us, please."  No problems since.
 
When I sai y that it ran right out of the box, I mean t        meant that the H

D is
formate ted with all the software installed on it.   , or at least
was for us.  They were also very nice about making substitutions for
drives for us.  It cocme   mes w          And, the drive is f that  e faster st

 that I've seen.  The   

Andy    Andy
(Official Usenetish   -ish disclaimer:  I have no connection to Northgate,
other than being thisclose to getting one of my own)  :-)