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Re: Atlanta Computer Shops?

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From: Mark Toomey
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 00:00
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Chris (crs01@cbus.mindspring.com) wrote:
: john@www.cviog.uga.edu (John Taylor) wrote:
: 
: >Why drive so far?  You can get a really nice complete (quality) computer
: >system here in town at a resonable price.  Best Buy (located on _the_
: >Atlanta Highway) sells Packard Bell systems that they highly recommend.  It
: >comes bundled with Windows 95 preinstalled, and lots of other top notch
: >software.  The systems come Multimedia and Internet ready, too!  The phone
: >number for the computer dept. is 354-8311, ext 44.
: 
: Packard Bell????!?   "I don't think so, Tim...." (of Home Improvement
: origin)
: 
: Personally, I'd rather drive a little, pay a little more, than have a
: Packard Bell.

Unfortunately, John Taylor forgot to include extreme smileys after his note,
which was intended to be sarcasm. (John knows my extreme dislike for Best
Junk & Packard Hell machines - the PC that has xxxxx-compatible everything
inside, which most *real* OSs don't care for)

m.


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From: mark@kindred.fcs.uga.edu (Mark Toomey)
Subject: Re: Atlanta Computer Shops?
Date: 1996/06/25
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