harvey@hsomai.enet.dec.com (Sherwin L. Harvey) (09/10/90)
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harvey@hsomai.enet.dec.com (Sherwin L. Harvey) (09/10/90)
Does Anyone have any experience with Insight Computers' 386SX package advertised in the September issue of Computer Shopper Magazine. It is a great package. It beats all of the other 386SX systems in terms of features that I have seen. It includes the following 386SX-16 4 Mb memory high speed SIMMS 1 3.5 Floppy Drive 1 5.25 Floppy Drive 65 Mb 25 Rll Hard Dirve Caching Controller 14" Super VGA Color Monitor ( 1024 x 768 ) .28 dot pitch 16-Bit VGA with 512k 2 Serial Ports, 1 Parallel Port 101 key keyboard MSDOS 3.3 or 4.01 All of this for $1995. Is this Brand Insight realible? Has Anyone else bought this computer? Regards, Sherwin,
hutch@ticnj.UUCP (-Robert Hutchison) (09/10/90)
In article <29@decabo.dec.com>, harvey@hsomai.enet.dec.com (Sherwin L. Harvey) writes: > > > Does Anyone have any experience with Insight Computers' 386SX package > advertised in the September issue of Computer Shopper Magazine. It is a great > package. It beats all of the other 386SX systems in terms of features that I > have seen. It includes the following > > 386SX-16 > 4 Mb memory high speed SIMMS > 1 3.5 Floppy Drive > 1 5.25 Floppy Drive > 65 Mb 25 Rll Hard Dirve > Caching Controller > 14" Super VGA Color Monitor ( 1024 x 768 ) .28 dot pitch > 16-Bit VGA with 512k > 2 Serial Ports, 1 Parallel Port > 101 key keyboard > MSDOS 3.3 or 4.01 > > All of this for $1995. > > Is this Brand Insight realible? > Has Anyone else bought this computer? > > > Regards, > > > Sherwin, Well, I got one of their other models (the 25MHZ version with a 160MB disk) about a week and a half ago. It seems to be very well built. The monitor is quite nice, although the 1024x768 mode is interlaced - the 800x600 mode works very nicely (I am using it with windows 3.0 and GEM stuff - they supplied drivers). It is made by TVM (the supersync 3 model). The VGA card is an OEM version of the ATI VGA wonder (it doesn't have the bus mouse port). The disk drive is real nice - I got the 160MB ESDI version (they use micropolis) - seems to have very good performance (I was told that the controller has a 512K cache, although I have not looked closely inside). The keyboard is made by Chicony and leaves a lot to be desired - cheap clackity-clack feel. The motherboard is made by Armis (?) and uses AMI BIOS. I've loaded a lot of stuff so far and have had no problems with the stuff running. The company, from what I can tell, hasn't been selling computers too long - they are, however, basically the same company as Hard Drives International. The system comes with one year on-site TRW like many of the others. I don't think you will find anyone who has had one of their systems too long. I have had occasion to call their tech support a few times, and their response has been good. It seems strange to me, but the person who sells the machine seems to be their first-tier support as well. I received the system 8 days after I ordered it. They use Federal Express for delivery of all systems (2nd day service), so it would be easy to trace if it got lost in shipping (much easier than UPS or US Post). BTW, they offer Msoft Windows 3.0 with a Msoft serial mouse for an additional $100. All software comes pre-installed on the system, so I was able able to plug everything together and start loading my software. Hope this helps, Bob Hutchison attmail!ticnj!hutch tsdiag!ticnj!hutch