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Re: 286 IBM for sale

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From: Scott Walters <CarbonBoy>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 21:58
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In article <3k4oqc$g9j@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> sdp4198@acf4.nyu.edu (Shoel D. Perelman) writes:


>: I think he was making a point that the guy shouldn't try to trick people by
>saying that it's a good deal, when it's a good deal to the seller.  I actually
>think it's good when someone makes a stand against swindlers.

>: TTYL

>What the hell is wrong with you people?  Were you all born after 1991?
>Don't you guys realize that there are thousands of people out there who
>just need to run Word Perfect to do word processing and really CAN use a
>286?  Jeez... If its not a 486 with 16 megs of RAM, its unusable, right?
>Fact is, those machines that do ONLY word processing cost more than
>$150!  This guy sis at least giving people a whole computer.  What about
>someone that just wants to read e-mail and newsgroups?  Do they need a
>f**cking Pentium with a 28.8????

Yes we do, the magazine told me so.
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CarbonBoy
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From: walters@julian.uwo.ca (Scott Walters <CarbonBoy>)
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Subject: Re: 286 IBM for sale
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