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From: Cesare Borgia
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 22:08
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 22:08
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I thought CDB had evaporated but I'm happy to see that Craig is
alive & well. Bought several computers from him back in the "old
days." He had a great store on Arapahoe, the kind that is rapidly
disappearing.
The place was total chaos with every type of computer parts strewn
around intermixed with old pizza boxes (with pizza), McDonald's & Taco
Bell bags. The antithesis of the sterile CompUSA type atmosphere. It
was also the antithesis of CompUSA in that Craig and his cohorts
actually knew & understood computing and could fix just about
anything. I remember bringing in a unit for repair and watching clear
the test bench with a sweep of his hand. It was classic! There
always seemed to be 2 or 3 people hanging out doing various things
that appeared to have no relation to the business. As I said, a
great place.
And his Pinecliffe BBS - fantastic. Anyone else have serious
hours on Trade Wars?
On 9 Feb 2001 11:14:34 -0700, mackys+usenet@dim.com (Ben Cantrick)
wrote:
>In article <dmWg6.1074$t.253811@news.uswest.net>,
>TDKozan <TDKozan@qwest.net> wrote:
>>You might try COB Systems in Longmont. They've been around about forever
>>and while the owner is the alpha geek from hell, he does know his computers
>>and customer service. http://www.cdbsystems.com
>
> CDB Systems? Are these the people who ran the Pinecliffe BBS all those
>years ago when I was in Junior High?
>
> [Ransack website.]
>
> I'll be damned, they are. Cool.
>
>
> -Ben
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