Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!saturn!helios!lance
From: lance@helios.ucsc.edu (Lance Bresee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Door #1 or Door #2
Message-ID: <10814@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 20 Feb 90 15:18:09 GMT
References: <48a4ddd8.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM>
Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu
Reply-To: lance@helios.ucsc.edu (Lance Bresee)
Distribution: usa
Organization: UCO/Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz
Lines: 22

In article <48a4ddd8.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> nelson_p@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Nelson) writes:
>    by a Taiwanese maker, Magitronics, and use mostly name-brand 
>    (Paradise, Seagate) peripherals.   The difference in price,
>    But is it worth it?    Will the White Mt. computer blow
>    up in a spectacular display of sparks and repair bills the
>    day the warranty runs out?   Will an HP computer (by then sold
>    to someone else) be heard at that very moment snickering quietly
>    to itself?   Money IS an object but so is reliability and
>    satisfaction of use.    Thoughts?  Dire predictions?  Soothing
>    reassurances?   I'll accept them all with gratitude.

I bought a Magitronic motherboard in a computer from a store
in Oklahoma back in 1978.  Due to some confusion over the
telephone, I ended up buying the machine without the
provided in store 24 hour burnin test.  I have never had
any trouble, except that it has been hard to get documentation
from Magitronic's NYC offices.  Every request for docs
gets me a price list.  But, by hunting a bit, I have gotten
everything I need.  This is an 8088 board, not a 386,
but I have found the product to be reliable in every
way
lance