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Article #1911Re: Home PC from Time
From: Oz
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 00:00
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In article <848490298.17766.0@ibis.demon.co.uk>, Gareth Jones
<gareth@ibis.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>My advice would be to steer clear of the big operators, and find a
>small computer shop or dealer near where you live (if you happen to be
>within about 30 miles of Chippenham give me a call!). You will usually
>get a better performance to price ratio from such a dealer, and almost
>always better service.
<snip>
I completely agree with you from years of experience. However some
understand what they are doing (total best service possible) and others
just know how to wield a screwdriver (ooh er, well they try).
It's not easy to sort between them if you don't know anything about
computers. It's also hard to find a good one for a friend or relative
who lives some distance away. I have a cousin in Hastings right now who
has a spec, and is having trouble finding the right local(ish) supplier,
for example.
Hmm, fair bit of crossposting here. Anyone able to source a cheap 486 5V
to 3V adaptor??
--
'Oz "Is it is better to seem ignorant and learn,
or seem wise and stay ignorant?"
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f569d,9077557f1e1e37d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf569d,public X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,9077557f1e1e37d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: f53ba,9077557f1e1e37d9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf53ba,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,9077557f1e1e37d9 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public From: Oz <Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> Subject: Re: Home PC from Time Date: 1996/11/21 Message-ID: <xY4VjCAYw$kyEwmI@upthorpe.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 197783218 distribution: world x-nntp-posting-host: upthorpe.demon.co.uk references: <qprnqAAbBHkyEwGd@leofric.demon.co.uk> organization: Oz mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk newsgroups: comp.multimedia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,demon.tech.pc