laj@wnuxb.UUCP (JOHNSON) (04/16/85)
I'm shopping around for the AST Megapak board. I bought the original Megaplus from Qubie. However, for some reason Qubie is no longer stocking AST boards. Their prices used to be very reasonable. There must have been some sort of falling out between AST and Qubie. Anyway, I'm now looking for a new supplier of AST boards at reasonable prices. The larger mail order houses tend to inflate the price to cover their overhead and advertising in the national rags. I'm very satisfied with the quality of AST boards and am perfectly willing to do business with a smaller outfit. I'm interested in any recommendations people have on some of these mail order houses. Have you had good experiences ? Are there reasonable prices to be had ? Larry Johnson Western ElectricAT&T TechnologiesInformation Systems ihnp4!wnux[ab]!laj -- Larry Johnson Western ElectricAT&T TechnologiesInformation Systems ihnp4!wnux[ab]!laj
jay@unm-la.UUCP (04/20/85)
CompuAdd 12103 Technology Blvd Austin, TX 78727 (800)531-5475 (outside Texas) (512)250-1489 I have ordered from them 3 times over the past two years. Each time their price was <= any other quotes I could find, they shipped the next day, and they don't charge for surface shipping or add a credit card surcharge. My most recent order was this week for a 20M Microscience hard disk. Ordered Monday, received Thursday (they added $6.50 for UPS 2nd day air). The price they first quoted was $100 over 2 other vendors I had called but they matched ($695) when confronted with the news. They have always given me the impression that they are small, eager to please, and honest. I have no association with CompuAdd other than as a satisfied customer. -- Jay Plett {cmcl2,ihnp4}!lanl!unm-la!jay {ucbvax,gatech}!unmvax!unm-la!jay