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Re: PC Network & T.H.E. (watch out!)

#8106
From: rob
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1986 22:51
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In article <1185@houxa.UUCP>, mel1@houxa.UUCP (M.HAAS) writes:
> I ordered a T.H.E. PC+ (the one with good reviews in PC Magazine and
> PC World) on Aug. 4 from PC Network in Chicago.  They told me there
> would be a 4 to 6 week delay.  On Sept. 2 they sent a note saying
> there would be up to 30 days delay.  Today I received another note
> telling of a 45 day delay, and offering to cancel my order if I do
> NOT send notice.  They charged my credit card for the full amount as
> soon as they sent part of the order (the monitor and display card) in
> Aug.  Has anyone else had any trouble with these folks?  They carry
> the most and largest ads in the PC magazines.
> 
> Are there any suggestions for a reliable source for a cheap XT clone?
>     AT keyboard clone (CTRL and \ in right place)
>     4.77 & ~8 MHz  keystroke selectable
>     640 Meg main memory
>     20 Meg harddisk
>     monochrome & parallel port card (I'll return the T.H.E. card)
>     serial port (I had ordered an AST Multi I/O clone)
> The PC Network price for all this (and the Princeton Max-12E) was
> $1,260.  Too bad they couldn't deliver.  Is there a place that can be
> trusted that isn't too much higher?  Thanks,
>  Mel Haas , [decvax, berkeley, etc.]!ihnp4!houxa!mel1 (mel1 as in mel-one)
	I purchased an xt clone from world media technology here in 
San Diego and have been using it for a year now , it is the best clone
buy I could find at 895 and it has everything you asked for except the
hard drive, the hard drive can be added as I did for about 395$...
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From: rob@gould9.UUCP (rob)
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Subject: Re: PC Network & T.H.E. (watch out!)
Message-ID: <797@gould9.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Oct-86 18:51:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: gould9.797
Posted: Wed Oct  1 18:51:17 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 4-Oct-86 01:38:00 EDT
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Organization: Gould CSD, San Diego
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Summary: world media tech.