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>  Some places even provide a 30-day
>money back guarantee (e.g. Computer Direct in Texas, Wells American
>in S. Carolina).  Does anybody have experiences with these mail
>order houses and their AT-compatible?  In particular,
>	- prices
>	- support (technical inquiries & help)
>	- waranty (& money back guarantee)
>	- compatibility (BIOS, runs your favorite program?)
>	- speed (MHz, wait-states)
>	- reliability, slots fit
>	- method to change speed (have to open up box to set jumpers?)
>	- HW reset switch
>	- memory soldered or socketed
>	- sturdiness
>	- etc.
>Thanks in advance.				David Kwong

	Recently, I purchased an AT clone from Computer Direct, details:

	price: $1089 for 512K, 8-10Mhz base unit
	support: Nothing has really gone wrong (yet) but they were
		 willing to talk to me on the phone for 30 min (at their
		 expense) about I problem I was having with my Paradise
		 EGA card,
	warranty: 30 day money back + 1 year service warranty
	compatibility: Has yet to balk at anything, and I run a lot of
		 commercial and PD software. Currently running DOS 3.2
	speed: 	 8-10Mhz, no wait state (I believe), 9.4 Norton rating
	slots:	 Identical arrangement to IBM
	speed switch: Alt-Ctrl-\ switch back and forth. Also, Alt-Ctrl-
		 Enter brings up ROM based SetUp utility
	memory:	 Socketed, space for 1Meg on board (which I have)
	sturdiness: The metal panel in the back is a cheaper gr, but 
		 who cares about that
	components: the IC's are Chips Technology made in America!

	This machine is great. (for the time being...)

Lonnie.


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