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BARGAIN 286 MACHINE

#988
From: Ben Sansing
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:07
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I posted a message (article?) on here a couple weks ago about an Amstrad
PPC640 portable. I'd acquired it from a place called Underware
Electronics, which advertises in Computer Shopper and elsewhere.
  Alas, this (refurbished) machine had some serious "out of alignment"
drive problems. So I sent it back for replacement. Underware was kind
enough to send a UPS pickup tag, so I didn't have to pay return
shipping.
  A day or so later, they were kind enough to let me make an exchange -
instead of getting another Amstrad, I'll be getting an Emerson 286/12mhz
desktop with a meg o' RAM, two hi-density floppies, 20 meg IDE hard
drive, VGA (with mono VGA monitor), and a TON of free software. Check
the May Computer Shopper for this deal. For everything (except the
monitor), they're asking $329. Six month warranty, 30 day "no questions"
money-back guarantee.
  The software is stuff like Quattro, PFS Professional Write, Turbo
Pascal, etc. Probably older versions, but what the Hell... also comes
with DOS 3.31 (older version, but what the Hell...).
  The mono VGA monitor costs $80.
  Is this a deal, or what?
  Their number is 1-800-442-1408. No, I don't work for them, but I *DO*
recommend them! They've got everything from XT clones ($129 for a 10mhz
w/640k & two 360k flops) to 386s, 486s, laptops, CD-ROM drives,
printers, etc, etc...
                                                                 
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Subject: BARGAIN 286 MACHINE
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From: ben.sansing@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Ben Sansing) 
Date: 16 Apr 92 14:07:00 GMT
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