strianta@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Spiros Trianta) (03/25/89)
Hats off to AT&T for its right choices regarding the AT&T 6300 PC (a PC
compatible computer).
In my two years of owning one I have experienced two memory board failures,
each at approximately 13-14 months after purchase / repair. Same thing
on one machine at work.
The board not only dies, but starts giving indications of disk failure
that are very scary, i.e. random disk seeks/resets on C:.
On top of that, whereas the replacement (SWAP, not new) board cost $120
last year, it now jumped to $200. That is, $200 for a used board (that will
statistically fail in another year or so).
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For misc.consumers readers: end of gripe/article, you've been warned.
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For others: would you know of a different company that sells 384KB
memory boards that would work n a 63000? I'll see if I can
swap 64K chips for 256K chips, if anyone knows how, please
drop a line.
Thanks in advance
Spiros
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Who: Spiros Trianta <> Where: Noblesville, Indiana
How: strianta@killer.UUCP <> Quote: "Look Ma, No K-Mart!"ss60x@sdcc7.ucsd.EDU (ss60x) (03/26/89)
>> Flame on 6300 >>
Obviously the 6300 is hardly state of the art. But we have been
running
about 30 6300's for around 5 years with essentially no maintenance
costs. (I am sure the machine gods will cause massive failures over
the next week to teach me about hubris).
We bought the 6300's when the competition was a 4MH IBM PC with
extra costs for a CGA. ATT has 640x400 res - it is a shame that
everhyone went for hercules standard, but I still think the 6300
was a good choice. Why anyone bought one in the last year or two is
a mystery to me.
BTW Credit for the machine is not due to ATT but Olivetti. Perhaps
the new problems are due to ATT.
Neal Beck
Dept. of Pol. Sci.
beck@ucsd.edufmcgee@cuuxb.ATT.COM (~XT6510300~Frank McGee~C23~M24~6326~) (03/26/89)
In article <7634@killer.Dallas.TX.US> strianta@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Spiros Trianta) writes: >Hats off to AT&T for its right choices regarding the AT&T 6300 PC (a PC >compatible computer). >In my two years of owning one I have experienced two memory board failures, >each at approximately 13-14 months after purchase / repair. Same thing >on one machine at work. >The board not only dies, but starts giving indications of disk failure >that are very scary, i.e. random disk seeks/resets on C:. Is it the AT&T memory expansion board, or some clone memory board ? This is the first I've ever heard of anyone having this kind of trouble on a 6300, and I know well over several hundred users of 6300's. >On top of that, whereas the replacement (SWAP, not new) board cost $120 >last year, it now jumped to $200. That is, $200 for a used board (that will >statistically fail in another year or so). No matter what you buy, the cost of maintaining it will go up from year to year. Doesn't matter if it's old cars or old pc's; the cost of maintaining it will go up, and parts will be harder to get. >For others: would you know of a different company that sells 384KB > memory boards that would work n a 63000? I'll see if I can > swap 64K chips for 256K chips, if anyone knows how, please > drop a line. AST sells a very nice one that's the same board we sell for the 6300. -- Frank McGee, AT&T Tier 3 Indirect Channel Sales Support attmail!fmcgee