[net.micro.pc] IBM-Compatibles

larryk@tektronix.UUCP (Larry Kohn) (03/21/86)

      Taken without permission from the April 15, 1986 PC Magazine.

                                                  OPTIONS
                                                  ----------------------------
              No. of                              No. of Video Mono-   Total
  MFG/        Serial Clock/ Expnsn Software       floppy dsply chrome  price w
 MODEL   RAM  Ports  Calndr Slots  Included Wrnty drives card  monitor options
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EPSON    256K   1     None  3-full   None   12 mo   1    None   None   $  995.
EQUITY 1                                          ------ ----- ------- -------
                                                    2    Yes    Yes    $1,573.
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LEADING  256K   1     Yes   4-full Leading  15 mo   2    Yes    Yes    $1,495.
EDGE                               Edge Wrd
MODEL D                            Processr
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TANDY    128K  None   None  3-shrt   Desk    3 mo   1    Yes    None   $  999.
1000                                 Mate         ------ ----- ------- -------
                                                    2    Yes    Yes    $1,589.
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IBM PC   256K  None   None  4-full   None    3 mo   2    Yes    Yes    $2,820.
                            1-shrt
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    For more information about IBM-compatibles, see PC Magazine (4/15/86) plus
"Cost-Conscious Computing" (PC Magazine, 10/15/85), "IBM-compatible computers"
(Consumer Reports, 10/85), and a follow-up in the 3/86 Consumer Reports.

-- 
Larry Kohn