Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!motcsd!motsj1!mcdchg!att!cbnewsc!kimes
From: kimes@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: recommendations:  HeadStart LX-CD?
Keywords: CD-ROM
Message-ID: <13443@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 90 19:18:22 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 32


I do not presently own an MS-DOS machine, but my interest has 
recently been aroused by a demonstration of the HeadStart LX-CD
with a built-in CD-ROM player.  I was wondering if I could get
some comments from regular PC users.  Does anyone have first hand
experience with this machine?  The package seems like a very cost
effective setup for a first time buyer.  I have a few questions for
anyone with any knowledge of the machine.

	1.  Can a 8087 math coprosessor be added easily? (it runs
            off a 8088-1 at 4.77/10MHz)
	2.  Is the CD-ROM a standard format?  (that is, could I
            buy the Boston Computer Society's CD-ROM with PC
            public domain and shareware programs on it and plug
            it into the HeadStart?)
        3.  What has been the repair record of HeadStart computers
            in general?  Are they a company to steer clear of?
	4.  Are there any other computers that come with a built-in
            CD-ROM player.

Either mail me or post here.  I am just starting to read this group,
so I will be able to see any future comments, although I have missed
any that has gone on before.

Thanks....

Kit Kimes
AT&T Bell Labs
Naperville, IL
...!att!iwtsa!kimes

P.S.  Should I be directing this discussion to a different news group?