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Re: Microscope 2000 Diagnostic Toolkit Anybody got it?

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From: 'Dungeon' Dave
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00
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.. and it came to pass that Gary Romans <gary.romans@btinterne
t.com> uttered forth:
>I have come across some sales blurb for a diagnostic toolkit called
>Microscope 2000 made by Micro 2000 (alias Micro House).It's mentioned
>frequently in Scott Muellers Books. A sister product called Post Probe is
>also included.
>
>Has anybody got any first hand experience of the product. It sounds pretty
>impressive but the price is a bit hefty too (around �900/ $1400 in uk)
>
>
I'm about to order one - but the sales droid told me that the basic
kit (floppy, manuals, cables) are on special offer at around �400,
but if I order the POST probe card [1] I can have the total works for
�700. Given the nature of the diagnostic utils (I have an older copy
that someone gave me - dead useful) you can verify that an item is
at fault, print out a report and mail it back to the supplier for a
replacement.

Given that we have around 100+ PC clones and we can't afford to
have too many out of action at any one time, this is a small price to
pay for the company for something as useful as this. But although
I can verify how useful the older version is, I haven't received v8
yet!!

[1] Power On Self-Test - plug it into a ISA/PCI slot of a dead mobo
and it'll tell you via a 2-digit code what is at fault. I'm looking
forward to receiving it with excitement!!
-- 
 
"Dungeon" Dave, in anti-harvest mode...

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