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Re: Buyer Beware--MIDWEST MICRO

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From: Steve Platt
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1994 14:48
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I inherited a Compaq 386DX33, no manual, no diags disk.  Vintage 1989.
I called their tech support line the Saturday of Memorial Day
weekend for help.  They sent me both; I had them Tuesday.  Free.

Try that with Gateway, Midwest Micro, etc. on last year's model,
let alone a 5 year old system.
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Subject: Re: Buyer Beware--MIDWEST MICRO
Date: 18 Jul 1994 14:48:33 GMT
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