ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury) (12/12/90)
Do you have any information on the reliability of the mail order firm _DAMARK International Inc._ or the KLH brand of 386 machines that they sell? I have recently run across an ad that seems too good to be true! The ad is for a 386-25 machine, with full 32 bit processor, (*not* a 386SX) with 80MB harddrive (28 ms access time); 1 MB RAM expandable to 8 MB on motherboard; one 3 1/2" 1.44MB, and one 5 1/4" 1.2MB floppy disk drives; 64K cache memory expandable to 128K; 16-bit VGA card: 800 x 600 with 256K memory; expansion slots: six 16-bit (4 available), one 8-bit, one 32-bit slot; 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 1 game port; five 5.25" drive bays exposed (3 available); 80387 math coprocessor socket; MS-DOS 4.01 included; 101 AT style keyboard; includes instructional video tape for set up; 14" high resolution monitor - .31 dot pitch, resolution 640 x 480, analog input signal, tilt swivel base. The price advertised is 1999.99 ! ! It's not clear from the ad if the one year mfr. waranty is for the monitor only. If you have any experiance with this machine or any information, please e-mail me your response. I am in a terrific hurry. And I will summarize to the net. Thanks for your attention. - Jhinuk.
gkj@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gregory K Johnson) (12/15/90)
In article <1990Dec12.105658.43341@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury) writes: >Do you have any information on the reliability of the mail order >firm _DAMARK International Inc._ or the KLH brand of 386 machines >that they sell? > >I have recently run across an ad that seems too good to be true! > >The ad is for a 386-25 machine, with full 32 bit processor, (*not* a 386SX) >with 80MB harddrive (28 ms access time); 1 MB RAM expandable to 8 MB on >motherboard; one 3 1/2" 1.44MB, and one 5 1/4" 1.2MB floppy disk drives; >64K cache memory expandable to 128K; 16-bit VGA card: 800 x 600 with 256K >memory; expansion slots: six 16-bit (4 available), one 8-bit, one 32-bit >slot; 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 1 game port; five 5.25" drive bays >exposed (3 available); 80387 math coprocessor socket; MS-DOS 4.01 included; >101 AT style keyboard; includes instructional video tape for set up; >14" high resolution monitor - .31 dot pitch, resolution 640 x 480, analog >input signal, tilt swivel base. Well, this price is good, but it's not great. Delivery on this system is probably $90, so it's about $2100. For $220 _delivered_, Gateway 2000 will sell you a 386/25 with 40 MB drive, 4 MB of RAM, a Diamond Speedstar VGA and .28mm dot pitch SVGA monitor. Windows 3, DOS, and a mouse are also included. I also highly reccommend EPS--for $2330, I bought a 386SX/20 with 4MB of RAM and a 65MB drive, with an Orchid ProDesigner II and Sony CM1304 monitor. The display is spectacular. Shop around... it pays off. --Greg
stanley@phoenix.com (John Stanley) (12/16/90)
gkj@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gregory K Johnson) writes: > In article <1990Dec12.105658.43341@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (J > >Do you have any information on the reliability of the mail order > >firm _DAMARK International Inc._ or the KLH brand of 386 machines > >that they sell? I have had one experience with DAMARK. I ordered the Bondwell laptop. They sent me a card saying it was backordered, so I called to cancel. I could not cancel, they said, because they had already shipped the system. It turned out they REALLY shipped the system almost a week later. I do not do business with DAMARK. > For $220 _delivered_, Gateway 2000 will sell you a 386/25 with > 40 MB drive, 4 MB of RAM, a Diamond Speedstar VGA and .28mm dot > pitch SVGA monitor. Windows 3, DOS, and a mouse are also included. I will take 5. Oh, did you mean $2200 instead of $220?