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Article #5393Re: Gateway 2000 386
From: theodore d taylor
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1990 15:35
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 1990 15:35
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From article <00940C6D.1B568280@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU>, by arussell@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU (Anne Russell):
> I just purchased (actually, the university did) a Gateway 200 386/25, 4 MB
> RAM, 80 MB HD. Any reports, good or bad, about their machines and technical
> support?
> ---------------------------
> Anne Russell, OA Support
> CSU, Chico, California
> arussell@oavax.csuchico.edu
I've purchased a Gateway 2000 386/20 with a similar configuration. I'vebeen quite impressed with my purchase with one exception: occasionally I get a HDD failure on startup. A restart generally takes care of the problem.
The technical support is great. They are busy, however, and I have oc-
casionally had to call back or wait until I can get technical help on the line.
I purchased DOS 4.01 with my machine. Some of my software gets 'con-
fused' by the 80 MB HD which is configured with just one partition. As an
example, PC-Write gives the option of backing up a file before continuing
with writing/editing the file. If I use this option, PC-Write comes back with:
'Something wrong with Drive C:...' The file has been backed up however.
I'd be interested if others have had any similar experience.
T. D. Taylor
Clemson University
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!tdtyl From: tdtyl@hubcap.clemson.edu (theodore d taylor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Gateway 2000 386 Message-ID: <12196@hubcap.clemson.edu> Date: 11 Dec 90 15:35:21 GMT References: <00940C6D.1B568280@OAVAX.CSUCHICO.EDU> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 19