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Re: Pentium 166 Workstation - $1585.99 U.S. + Shipping

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From: Gary Allpike
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 00:00
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Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> 
> Wednesday July 17 1996 10:45, trbedell@naplesnet.com wrote:
> 
>  > Pentium 166 Workstation - $1585.99 U.S. + Shipping
> 
>  > 8 Meg RAM
>  > 850 MB Hard Drive
>  > PCI 1 Meg Video Card
>  > 14.4  Keyboard/Mouse
>  > Windows �95 (3.5 Floppies)
>  > 14" .28dp NI SVGA Color Monitor Included.
> 
> Hands up everyone who finds this a useful system? Honestly, Pentium 166 with
> *8mb RAM*? Win95 floppies? 14" monitor, 1mb VGA?
> 
> hamish
> 
> Hamish Moffatt                    |   Rising Software, Melbourne, Australia
> Phone: +61 19 429 086             |   Email: rising@rising.com.au
> hamish@rising.com.au              |   Phone: +61 3 9894 4788
> moffatt@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au    |   Fax:   +61 3 9894 3362
> Cloud Nine BBS: +61 3 9886 5195   |   Web:   http://www.rising.com.au
> 
> --- GoldED/P32 2.42.G1219+and....
is almost $2000 Australian + Shipping so great ???
Warranty issues also come to mind...


Sounds like a dud to me.


Support your local PC re-sellers. If you can buy Australian made, at 
least buy Australian Assembled :-)


Gary Allpike
spice@spice.per.iap.net.au
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