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Re: F/S A Compaq 1220 Laptop $800

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From: Mike Fitzgerald
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 00:00
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If  Compaq is only charging shipping and handling (probably less that $15 )
why would you raise the price $100 bucks just for getting the CD?
If Compaq is like Gateway then you probably would have to be the person who
gets the CD.   That disk can be crucial since sometimes these machines have
proprietary drivers, so if the new owner wants to make any changes, such as
using an ethernet card they need the disk, or the whole system can crash (I've
had it happen).  I had problems installing a 3-com ethernet card on a Gateway
machine; when I contacted 3-com they told me I had to work with Gateway
because our bovine friends had proprietary drivers.

Greg Garcia wrote:

> I have a Compaq 1220 Laptop
> 200 mhz
> 32 mb SDRAM
> HPA Screen will do full screen mpeg video
> 2 gig HD
> Touch Pad pointing device
> 20X CD built-in
> 1.44 floppy built-in
> JBL sound system
> 56k v90 modem built-in
> Soft Case
> Manuals
> A\C adapter
> about 2 months still under warranty
> missing compaq restore CD to restore laptop's software to fresh out of the
> box condition including bundled software compaq will provide it free of
> charge you pay S/H if I have to get it the price goes up $100
>
> first  $800 gets the price
>  the price goes no lower I can go to a used computer store and get 700 cash
> in hand
> Greg Garcia (916) 498-9314 Original Owner
> Sacramento, Calif
> imgregor@pacbell.net
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From: Mike Fitzgerald <mjfitzgerald@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: F/S A Compaq 1220 Laptop $800
Date: 1999/03/23
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