grs@alobar.ATT.COM (Gregg Siegfried) (10/24/88)
Hello all. I have an associate that is considering the purchase of a Northgate 386 tower machine. I notice these are advertised regularly in Computer Shopper. I'm interested in hearing from anyone that has experience with Northgate systems in general, but particularly the 386 tower. Any comments concerning reliability, support, etc. would be especially helpful. I believe he will be running Unix in some form on it, hence the crosspost. Please send comments via email, and if people express interest, I'll summarize when I finish collecting the information. Thanks in advance, Gregg Siegfried -- Gregg Siegfried | Nothing I say should be construed as AT&T AT&T - Cincinnati | policy or opinion .. I just hack here. UUCP: grs@alobar.att.com | Don't Rock - Wobble ARPA: grs%alobar@att.arpa | 513-629-8314 (work) 513-561-0368 (antiwork)
warren@psu-cs.UUCP (Warren Harrison) (11/29/88)
If anyone out there has had any experience with the Northgate 386, good or
bad, I'd like to hear about it. In particular, I'd like to hear about their
service and reliability. Also, after buying one, did you think it was a good
deal?
Thanks. Warren
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Portland, OR 97207-0751jmn@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (john.b.medamana) (10/03/89)
I am interested in getting information on Northgate 386 systems (20 and 25 MHz). If you are using these machines, do they live up to the PC Magazine reviews (May 89)? Also, I read in Jan 89 BYTE that it is difficult to get warranty service from Northgate. Any experiences? John Medamana AT&T Bell Labs mail: att!arch3!johnm
madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost) (10/03/89)
In article <4434@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> jmn@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (john.b.medamana) writes: |I am interested in getting information on Northgate 386 systems |(20 and 25 MHz). If you are using these machines, do they live |up to the PC Magazine reviews (May 89)? Also, I read in Jan 89 |BYTE that it is difficult to get warranty service from Northgate. |Any experiences? I've been using a Northgate 386/16 (heavily!) for about 6 months with no problems. It took them awhile to deliver initially (they threw in a free mouse as an apology for the delay) but the system worked great after that. Their tech support was extremely helpful when I had some hardware problems that were preventing the installation of UNIX (the UNIX couldn't handle some bad cylinders on the disk) -- even though they themselves were UNIX-naive. I've never had to send the machine back so I couldn't comment about warranty service. jim frost software tool & die madd@std.com
akcs.larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) (10/11/89)
>|I am interested in getting information on Northgate 386 systems >|(20 and 25 MHz). If you are using these machines, do they live >|up to the PC Magazine reviews (May 89)? Also, I read in Jan 89 >|BYTE that it is difficult to get warranty service from Northgate. We purchased a Northgate "SuperMicro 286" around 6 months ago. At the time Northgate was marketing the machine as their fastest 286 ever - and faster than the other vendors. I was disappointed that they were really running this 16 mhz 0 wait state board at 20 mhz with 1 wait state. Their turn around for replacement parts is overnight (except in the case of the motherboard). Northgate stands behind their products - but then that might explain why their prices are on the high side.