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Re: **DONT** Buy _ZEOS_

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From: Wayne Torborg
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 04:01
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Michael Handler (grendel@netaxs.com) wrote:
: 	I bought a Zeos 386/33 with 4 MB RAM and 120 MB hard drive from
: them almost five years ago. [ It cost ~ $3000, but this was 1990,
: remember. ] Back then, their shipping turnaround and customer service were
: excellent. My machine has run near perfectly for the last five years.

: 	It appears that this is no longer the case though. This is a 
: shame -- I like(d) Zeos. When I pick up a Pentium machine when I head 
: off to college, it looks like I'm going to have to go somewhere else. 
: Sorry, guys.

: ObPentium: when are the corrected processors slated to start shipping in 
: new machines?
: --
: Michael Handler                                         <grendel@netaxs.com>
: Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics                   Philadelphia, PA
: "Toi qui fais au proscrit ce regard calme et haut" -- Baudelaire * Skotoseme
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Micheal:

For what it's worth, Gateway 2000 is now advertising that they are 
selling Pentium systems with the new, error-free (at least to best of our 
knowledge) CPU.

However, the point is a bit moot, now, as Intel will now replace any 
Pentium with the floating point bug.

Regards
Wayne Torborg
wtorborg@cloudnet.com
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