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Article #58057Re: Pentium 166 Workstation - $1585.99 U.S. + Shipping
From: True Unbeliever
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 00:00
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cut for brevity ----------> > > > Windows =9295 (3.5 Floppies) > > > 14" .28dp NI SVGA Color Monitor Included. > >=20 > > Hands up everyone who finds this a useful system? Honestly, Pentium 166= with > > *8mb RAM*? Win95 floppies? 14" monitor, 1mb VGA? > >=20 > > hamish >=20 > Sounds like a dud to me. >=20 > Support your local PC re-sellers. If you can buy Australian made, at=20 > least buy Australian Assembled :-) Does this newsgroup come up with a different name to some people. Maybe it appears on their terminal as computer.ads.not.linux or something= =20 similar. I thought that this newsgroup was for linux issues, not to try and=20 increase your cashflow. Give us 16mb edo ram with 2 meg acc.video and CDROM for the same price=20 and we might be interested, BUT ON AN APPROPRIATE FORUM, NOT HERE YOU. That being said, I would give an unqualified recommendation to Leonard Chan at http://www.zip.com.au/~lychan for you linux CD sourcing. I bought RedHat from him and it didn't come with a rego card, so no free=20 upgrade to MetroX final shipping product (I thought). =20 Leonard found out and contacted RedHat personally to organise a serial=20 number for me by days end. Cheapest, fastest and friendliest business=20 that I have dealt with for a long time. =20 These are my views and opinions. They may not represent views and opinions held or expressed by the University of Southern Queensland. ////////////////////////////////////////////// =20 Graham D Wood / =20 Linux Guru (in Beta) / Defender of Karmic Justice (when convenient) / =20 //////////////////////////////////////////////
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