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Re: Packard Bell Experiences?

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From: Iskandar Taib
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 17:53
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In article <CARL.93Jan7141250@atlantis.Cayman.COM> carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl) writes:

>>Leading edges had proprietary motherboards, cases and power sup-
>>plies. No going out and buying a generic motherboard or PS for these
>>things.

>Same thing goes for Dell (at least *some* of their models).  I don't
>know if *all* Dells use proprietary motherboards or not.

As a matter of fact, I think any of the "low profile" clones are like
this, as is a lot of the brand name stuff (Dell, IBM, Compaq...)





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