blair@hslrswi.UUCP (Hamish Blair) (10/16/85)
Does anyone have any comparative statistics of reliability for machines
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compatible with the IBM PC/XT? I mean comparisons between computers
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like IBM PC/XT, Compaq Deskpro, Kaypro 16, Apricot Xi, NCR PC, Ericsson PC
etc.? How often do the machines fail completely or partially (Mean Time
Between Failure)? Which parts fail the most often? and so on.
If you can help, please mail to me at ...mcvax!cernvax!hslrswi!hslraxe!blair
I am interested in facts. However since suppliers vary so much round the
world, leave facts about suppliers out.
If any coherent picture emerges, I will try and find time to summarize
to the net.
Hamish Blair, Hasler AG, Switzerland
"The Bitterness of Poor Quality remains
long after the Sweetness of Meeting the Schedule has been Forgotten"
--- new proverb from Singapore.slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner) (10/20/85)
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RE: Compaq protable and Compaq Plus:
The power supplies on these machines is a little marginal in terms of
capacity. Too many option cards in the system can tax them. I know
of a lot of power supplies dieing, to the extent that one firm with a
lot of compaqs in use keeps a case of replacement power supplies on hand.
The deskpro, and both 286 machines have much larger power supplies, so
they should have no problem. Otherwise, I have never heard of any compaq
problems.
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talcott!sesame!slerner@harvard.ARPA blair@hslrswi.UUCP (Hamish Blair) (10/24/85)
I have had absolutely no response to my request for reliability statistics, so there is nothing to summarize. All sorts of conclusions could be drawn from this, such as a hypothesis that Usenet is a figment of a computer's imagination... Hamish Blair, Hasler AG, Belpstrasse 23, CH-3000 Bern 14, Switzerland Tel.: +41 31 631 437 Telex: 911 299 HASA Uucp: ... seismo!mcvax!cernvax!hslrswi!hslraxe!blair
forbus@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU (10/28/85)
Or that when someone says he might, if we are lucky, find time to summarize, the people on the net aren't enthused about finding time to respond to his request....