unbent@ecsvax.UUCP (Jay F. Rosenberg) (11/20/86)
Logicsoft no longer stocks what I was interested in, so here we go
again. One of the kind respondants recommended CompuAdd in Austin, TX.
CompuAdd will sell me a "Standard" (their brand) Turbo-88 box
(8088-2 CPU, 640K, Qume 360K floppy), a house-brand EGA card (clone of the
"Video-7"), and a NEC Multisynch for about $1250. Their hard-disks, alas,
are 85 ms Miniscribes, so I shall need to seek out a 65 ms Seagate (30 MB)
elsewhere, but the rest of the deal sounds awfully good. Shipping is free,
no surcharge for credit cards, 1 year warranty, but (always a catch) 15%
restocking fee on returns.
Does anyone know anything about CompuAdd (the firm) or the
"Standard" brand PC clones they sell? Their BIOS is something called a
"Modified Erso 2", the 'modified' part having to do with EGA compatibility.
I'm still trying to get a system purchased during this tax year, so quick
replies will again be greatly appreciated. A general thanks to everyone who
responded to my Logicsoft query. (Kind person who sent me brief review of
"Career Starter" system need not reply again.)
JAY ROSENBERG Dept. of Philosophy UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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=========================================================================ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher) (11/26/86)
> Does anyone know anything about CompuAdd (the firm) or the > "Standard" brand PC clones they sell? Their BIOS is something called a > "Modified Erso 2", the 'modified' part having to do with EGA compatibility. > I'm still trying to get a system purchased during this tax year, so quick The ERSO BIOS were written by a consortium sponsored by the government of Taiwan. They did this so that their manufacturers could all have a legal compatible ROM without having to spend a lot to develop it themselv - selves. They are very compatible (though the machines they are in may not necessarily be). Rick ranger@ecsvax