[comp.sys.ibm.pc] PC's Limited Ripoff

mac@idacrd.UUCP (Bob McGwier) (05/15/87)

I can't believe that this is the same company I've been dealing with.

I bought one of the 10Mhz AT-Clones and the thing worked perfectly for
5 months and then zapped the power supply.  When I sent it in for
repairs I complained about a "once in a blue moon" general read error
from the damn 1.2 Meg Floppy.  They replaced the power supply, put in
a new floppy, put in the latest update on the ROM-BIOS and charged me
nothing and had it back in my hands 11 days after I shipped.  Frankly
a company that does as much business they are doing and has grown as
fast as they have are going to make some mistakes.  I for one don't
intend doing any mail order business with anyone else unless this
changes to an everyday occurence with these complaints.  What I want to
know is when is their 80386/ OS/2 box gonna come out :-)

Bob

P.S.  This is a personal opinion and does not reflect the opinion of my
employer.

tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay) (05/18/87)

In article <214@idacrd.UUCP> mac@idacrd.UUCP (Bob McGwier) writes:
>                                                         What I want to
>know is when is their 80386/ OS/2 box gonna come out :-)

I just got a call from the PC's Limited salesman.  I had asked him to
call me when the 80386 machines are in.  Well, it runs 16Mhz, no wait
state.  It comes with 1Mbyte, but you can get up to 6 Mbytes on the
same memory card.  Also 2 serial, 1 parallel, clock cal., 40 Mbyte disk
at 28ms a.a.t.  All costs $4499.  Lots of AT and XT slots.

It uses static rams, so each megabyte costs $499.

70 Mbyte disk system $4899.

150 Mbyte disk at 16 ms a.a.t. system $5899.  This one should scream.

He claims that when you can get your hands on a 20 Mhz or even 24 Mhz
80386, you can replace the crystal and the static rams for faster ones
and run that fast.

You can have a local service contract for the first year for $35.  They
use a local company like Xerox or something.