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Article #129Re: **DONT** Buy _ZEOS_
From: Wayne Torborg
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 04:01
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 : PGP Key ID FC031321 Print: 9B DB 9A B0 1B 0D 56 DA 61 6A 57 AD B2 4C 7B AF 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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