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New IBM-PC with 10 Meg Disk for Sale

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From: Brad Templeton
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1983 15:19
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I have recently bought this machine (eay sept.) and do not have a
display card for it yet, so it has received only a few hours of use.

What we have is:
	1 IBM-PC with 256K (fully populated) on the motherboard and
	  one 360K drive
	2 One 10 meg winchester drive.  Runs dos 1.1 or 2.0
		Shugart SA-612 drive, DTC controller, IBM interface.

I would like to sell this for $5,300.  This gives you everything you
get in an XT except the one serial port and the 2 extra short slots.
It gives you 128k more ram and an extra chassis (both an advantage
and disadvantage)
I also have an AST Mega-Plus II, which has 2 serial ports, one || port
and is populated with 256K of ram on it.  You can add an extra 256K
to this beastie or a game port if you like.  This is $800 with 256K

Why I want to sell and WHEN I want to sell.

I want to run another operating system besides MS-DOS.  Ie. Coherent.
The problem is Coherent doesn't support my hard disk and it would be
a hassle to prepare a driver.  Just about every alternate operating
system supports the XT, although it is more expensive. To avoid hassle,
I wish to switch.  There are no problems using my current system with
MS-DOS 2.0, and you are welcome to come by and see it all in operation.
If I move to an XT, my mega-plus with two serial ports is a waste, since
the XT comes with one.

Thus I will sell the mega-plus and move to something cheaper like a 6-pack
plus or quadboard.

All this is pending availability of an XT from friends in the USA.
They will know for sure in a week or two.  So I want to know if there is
any interest in this system.  Mail me or give me a call.
-- 
	Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304
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Subject: New IBM-PC with 10 Meg Disk for Sale
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Date: Wed, 28-Sep-83 11:19:15 EDT
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