sandro@nlm-mcs.arpa (Michael D'Alessandro) (11/14/89)
I am interested in purchasing a Z-88 mail order, and would like to know of any mail order firms that are selling them at good prices. I have recently heard that Z-88's are going for 99 pounds, mail order, in the U.K. Is this true? I've also heard that Cambridge America, the U.S. distributor of the Z-88, has just filed for bankruptcy. Is this true? Either way, the bottom line is, does anyone know where I can get a good deal on a Z-88? -- Michael D'Alessandro M.D. The National Library of Medicine Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications Educational Technology Branch Internet: sandro@mcs.nlm.nih.gov
toml@xrxedds.UUCP (Tom Love) (11/14/89)
the z88 community, which i have had minimal involvement with, seems
set on a distributer in mechanicsville, virginia as the best
price/service dealer. the name is sharp's, phone 804-730-9697.
they carry a full line of z88 hardware, accessories, doc, software.
i just called them again, their prices are:
basic cpu $450
32KB RAM $40
128KB RAM $95
512KB RAM $370
they were selling the cpu for $400 a few months ago. they also sell
packages for pc and mac users with cables and file transfer software -
i didn't inquire price.
usual disclaimers - no connection to them. i've never even done
business with them.
speaking of z88's - i've been thinking of buying one for quite some
time. a few things holding me back are: absence of floppy storage
(i know about the add-on external, just not keen about the final
package price), and unfamiliarity/paranoia about the quality of the
available software. generally it seems that the final package price for a
reasonable z88 setup is a little hard to rationalize against, say, $600
for a toshiba T1000. any users out there want to assuage my fears and
skepticisms? any z88 users out there at all?
tom love
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Disclaimer: they didn't do it, i did, so leave them alone.hargitai@acf5.NYU.EDU (11/16/89)
I called the # advertised in BYTE mag. $699 for a package deal including: 96k memory case ibm transfer software computer it is still a lot of money, I'll try to call a friend in UK to check prices there. Although it can do 20 hours without a hitch.