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In <1992Mar25.182901.3237@access.digex.com> jamie@access.digex.com (James Treworgy) writes:

>In article <1992Mar25.172117.2351@access.digex.com> pjm@access.digex.com (Paul Masline) writes:
>>
>>Has anyone purchased computers from Accel?  I've been following their
>>ads in Monday's business section of the post for a while, and the prices
>>are very good.  I'm curious about how reliable the company is.  If anyone
>>has experience dealing with this company could you please let me know about
>>your experiences.  If anyone has had good or bad experiences with other
>>computer dealers in the area, I would also be interested in knowing about
>>them.

>I don't know from personal experience but I remember reading an article
>(maybe in this newsgroup) about BAD experiences with them... something like
>out of 20 purchased 10 had various afflictions within a few months.  Perhaps
>the original poster could reiterate this...

It was 16 systems and the count is currently at 6 failures.  Mostly, the 
problems involve HD floppy failures, a 'couple were high memory failures.
The other factor to consider is that several of the machines contained at
least two different viruses in the PD software that had been pre-oaded on
them.  The attitude of the sales people was "So?".  On the positive side,
when the failed machines were taken in for repairs, the tech support staff
seemed very helpful and got most of the problems ironed out quite quickly.

A person should also be aware that the motherboard incorporates a SCAT 
chip set to reduce the on-board chip count and there could be some 
compatability problems, especially in the area of memory management.