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From: francis@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Francis Ho)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Why do magazine's review mail-order PC brands
Message-ID: <1990Mar11.221936.17733@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 11 Mar 90 22:19:36 GMT
References: <1990Mar6.024915.1295@cs.dal.ca> <1592@starfish.Convergent.COM> <1990Mar9.062402.22830@agate.berkeley.edu>
Reply-To: francis@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Francis Ho)
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In article <1990Mar9.062402.22830@agate.berkeley.edu> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
>
>I agree with the main thread of the original posting.  Most of the
>parts in these clones are generic components.  Other than price and
>support, there is very little difference between "Joe's down the
>corner" and the higher-volume mail-order houses.

there is still such a thing called the FCC rating and believe it or not, it
does matter.

/f

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