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Re: Atlanta Computer Shops?

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From: Jake Rakestraw
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:00
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there is a shop near Ga Tech call G.I.M. Computers.  We have gotten
about 15 comuters at my current office and about 90 at my last office
from these guys. They know their stuff

Jake

,,,,,mark@kindred.fcs.uga.edu (Mark Toomey) wrote:

>About a year ago, on atl.general I believe, was a thread about the best
>small computer retailers around Atlanta. The thread spoke of FCS (First
>Computer Systems) , on
>Jimmy Carter Blvd. (where I bought my current 486) and another shop in 
>Atlanta, whose name I can't recall.

>The gist was that the FCS prices were not that great compared to this
>other shop, & that the sales folks at FCS were not exactly customer-friendly
>(which I can attest to :-) while the 'other' shop had great customer 
>relations as well as great prices.

>I'm looking at picking up a 166 or 200Mhz Pentium motherboard in the near
>future (or Pentium Pro if the price is right) & was going to visit this
>'other' shop, if folks can point me to it??



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From: jakerake@ix.netcom.com (Jake Rakestraw)
Subject: Re: Atlanta Computer Shops?
Date: 1996/06/20
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