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From: todd@locus.com (Todd Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: packard-bell - anyone know of them?
Message-ID: <4768@oolong.la.locus.com>
Date: 6 Mar 90 22:20:38 GMT
References: <765@s6.Morgan.COM>
Reply-To: todd@roulette.UUCP (Todd Johnson)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Locus Computing Corp. Los Angeles
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In article <765@s6.Morgan.COM> joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) writes:
;
;My friend is considering this for his first foray into
;computers. I welcome any email directly to me regarding,
;1-compatibility, i.e. lotus et al
;2-relability, i.e. is a good, reliable computer.
;I hate to see my friend get a machine and then have all
;sorts of problems with it....

My sister has acquired a Packard-Bell 286 clone with VGA display
and so far (since November) has only had one problem: sometimes
the hard disk doesn't want to boot. A power cycle solves the problem.

I've seen this on my own Seagate 4096 disk and suspect it's a problem
with temperature changes affecting tracking (I haven't noticed similar
problems at work but we simply don't turn off our machines), so I don't
count it as a major worry.

She also got a Packard-Bell modem which has had no problems except
that the original power supply was marginal.


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