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Article #167Re: Microscope 2000 Diagnostic Toolkit Anybody got it?
From: 'Dungeon' Dave
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 00:00
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... from: abuse@yahoo.com from: abuse@btinternet.com from: *@localhost
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