Re: Great Packard Bell Web Site

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From: Tim Stannard
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 00:00

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In article <884028296snz@child.demon.co.uk>, Simon Child
<simon@child.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <shWQ1LAZWAs0EwPQ@adhoc.demon.co.uk>
>           Stannard@adhoc.demon.co.uk "Tim Stannard" writes:
>
> > Wrong! If you had a <insert name of favourite computer
> > manufacturer/assembler here> '286 with DOS 4.01 and 1Mb that
> > would much worse.
>
>Insert "Olivetti" and you've described my current footrest (Olivetti
>M280 - 286 with DOS 4.01 and 1Mb RAM - honestly!)
>

One of Olivetti's better models. They have a habit of producing some
very good machines and some very bad machines and very little in
between.

I think ths is because the Italians concentrate on style rather than
content.

And only the M200/300 series were really strong enough to act as
footrests- areal bugger getting the cases apart.
-- 
Tim Stannard -  Ad Hoc Computing, Addlestone, Surrey, UK 
                Tel/Fax: 01932 830572  Mob: 0411 056178
                e-mail: stannard@adhoc.demon.co.uk

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From: Tim Stannard <Tim@adhoc.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Great Packard Bell Web Site
Date: 1998/01/06
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