djr2@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (D.Roulston - Electrical Engineering) (04/11/88)
I would like to know if anyone has had any experience with the Standard xt clones advertised by Compu-Add in Texas. Does anybody know if any reviews have been done recently or do you have any personal experience with this product (specifically the 10Meg Turbo clone ) or this company. Thanks in advance..... James
emp@ut-emx.UUCP (naDev~tlhIngan~putulu) (04/12/88)
In article <4619@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>, djr2@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (D.Roulston - Electrical Engineering) writes: > > I would like to know if anyone has had any experience with the > Standard xt clones advertised by Compu-Add in Texas. > > Does anybody know if any reviews have been done recently or do you > have any personal experience with this product (specifically the 10Meg > Turbo clone ) or this company. > > Thanks in advance..... > James ...I've had one since October, and have benn thoroughly pleased with it's performance. I have had a few problems with the system, tho: 1) I am using a surplus IBM KB, which has an intermittent interrupt problem that occurs during bootup, specifically a warm reboot. What occurs is the usual K-B Error ! message that ERSO Bios gives when keys are pressed during bootup, but this occurs when NO keys are pressed. It's annoying (the beep), and every once in a while it prevents manual speed switch until you enter some sort of DOS command, but it's livable... 2) I'm using C-A's EGA card & Samsung monitor (the one Computer Shopper so highly touted), and about once a month or so, it will lose synch for no reason. all I have to do is have it switch modes (Go from Qmodem to Pathminder, for example), and the problem is cleared. I've spoken with the C-A people, and they assured me they're aware of the problem, and it's being looked into. 3) the hard drive access light is designed to be hardwired to the drive. It does not use interrupt calls to detect drive access, which would have been a better way (and would have helped prevent you from voiding the warranty on your HD). But then again, this is a minor nit-pick. 4) The ERSO Bios seems to prevent Ramkey from working. If anyone has any ideas about how to fix this, I would appreciate it. (Please, don't suggest I use Vampire and steal someone's BIOS. I don't have a burner...) Overall, this is a superior '86 clone, and I highly reccommend it. The guys at Compu-Add were most supportive with my querys, and when the Samsung EGA monitor decided to smoke last December, they gladly replaced it with the next higher-up model, since they were out of the kind I originally got. Hope this helps OM
john@bby-bc.UUCP (john) (04/12/88)
> > I would like to know if anyone has had any experience with the > Standard xt clones advertised by Compu-Add in Texas. > I have one of their standard-10 AT clones. Good product & good service. PC Mag. had reviews about a year ago - the AT clone was an editors choice. john