t-rayc@microsoft.UUCP (Raymond CHEN) (07/29/90)
As many of you may have noticed, the mail servers are acting up. I have a good idea of what is wrong, but since I am not at Berkeley right now, I can't do any repairs until September. My apologies to everyone who's been having trouble. (Mail sent to raymond@math.berkeley.edu is processed fine. It's just the server commands that don't work.) So I figure I'd post a copy of the "products" file that the server would be dispensing if it were working. This is a condensed index of articles posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.* which have to do with product recommendations. For example, there are over 20 opinions of Gateway brand computers cataloged here. If you find this useful, drop me a piece of email so I can decide whether I should continue keeping this index up to date. Of course, all opinions expressed below are those of the original authors. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Last update: 27 Jul 90 | | File format is like this: | | S: Subject | Q: userid (name) date person who asked the questions | R: userid (name) [summary] date person who replied, with brief summary | >Other comments additional stuff | | Table of contents: | | 386, upgrading from 286 | Card, Paradise | Computer | ACMA | ALR EISA | Altec | Amstrad | Austin | Black Ship | Bondwell laptops | CompuAdd | Computer Terminal International | DTK | Excell | FastMicro | Fresh Data | Gateway 2000 | Homesmart Computing | Hornet 386 | Hyundai 386C | IBM Convertible | Jeppsen | Leading Edge PC | Micro Express | Microlab | Mitsubishi | Northgate | 486 i25 | Elegance 386 | Slimline 386/20 PC | Packard-Bell | PC Brand | Premier | Q-Tek | Swan | Top Gun | Tri-Star | Tri-State in New York | USA-Flex | Zenith Turbosport | Zenith Turbosport 386 | Zeos | choosing a laptop/portable | Jade | general | laptop | Excelan Exos 205 Ethernet card | Hard disk card | Hard disk cards for PS/2 30-286 | Hard disk controller, Perstor vs WD1006 RLL | Hard disk controller, two in one machine | Hard disk controllers, which work with what drives? | Hard disk, Conner | Hard disk/floppy disk RLL 1:1 16-bit controller | Hard disk, SyQuest 44MB removable | Hard disk, general | Hard drives in old PCs | Mail order companies, PC Connection | Mail-order discount houses for 386s (general comments) | Monitor | EGA | Gateway VGA | NEC 3D | Paradise | VGA | Zenith Z-1492 FTM | Dell | Goldstar | Mitsubishi DiamondScan | Multisync | NANAO FlexScan 9070U | NEC | Princeton | Motherboard, 386 | Motherboard, 386 or 386SX, with 287 coprocessor socket | Motherboard, 386SX | Motherboard, 486 EISA | Motherboard, EVEREX Revision E 386 | Motherboard, Intel 386/PC Inboard | Motherboard, Jameco 386 | Motherboard, Mylex vs Micronics (request) | Motherboard, upgrading 286 to 386 | SCSI board for PS2 MOD 80-071 | SCSI controller IN2000 by Always Inc | Santa Clara diskless workstations | Scanners/OCR | Sequa Chameleon PC | Sony 1304HG | Sony CPD-1304 | Sota 286i and 386i Accelerator Cards for PCs | Sound boards | Tape backup | Tandy 4016SX | Trackball | Trackball, Logitech Trackman | VGA & Composite Video in one monitor | VGA Wonder Card (ATI), hooking up to BNC high res color monitor | VGA card, 1024x748 non-interlaced | VGA card, ATI VGA Wonder | VGA card, Genoa | VGA card, Suntek | VGA card, general | i860 and i960 board for AT-bus +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ S: 386, upgrading from 286 Q: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!lcra!mike (Mike O'Donnell) D: 23 Apr 90 S: Card, Paradise Q: besner@watserv1.waterloo.edu (lc) 8 May 90 S: Computer, ACMA Q: att!oktnnsa!luis (Luis F. Albisu) 4 Apr 90 S: Computer, ALR EISA Q: talvola@janus.Berkeley.EDU (Erik Talvola) 18 Jun 90 S: Computer, Altec Q: feg@clyde.ATT.COM (Forrest Gehrke) 3 Apr 90 Q: barkdoll@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Edwin Barkdoll) 10 May 90 S: Computer, Amstrad R: jagrogan@vax1.tcd.ie (John Grogan) [negative] 3 Jul 90 >STOP, think first!! I'm working for a company who used to deal >a lot with Amstrads. We were experiencing a 200% failure rate (on average). >No matter how good a deal you are getting it is not worth it. The problems >are usually not simple, and often require spare parts or a new unit - both >of which are difficult to get from Amstrad. R: motcid!smithju@chg.mcd.mot.com (Justin A. Smith) 3 Jul 90 >[re their 8086 machines] Overall i think they were reasonably good value. R: jdudeck@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (John R. Dudeck) 3 Jul 90 >In Europe & the U.K. they provide the most performance for the money, but >that is because all the other clones are outrageously expensive. In general >the Amstrads are not completely compatible with "standard" PC clones, >because there were design tradeoffs made to cut manufacturing costs. >However, my impression is that any incompatibilities are in the >areas that are very obscure and not used by 99+ percent of all software. > >My recommendation: If you find a bargain-basement price on an Amstrad, >if you don't require mechanical robustness, and if you are willing to take >a chance on hardware compatibility, then go ahead. R: ma87rcs@cct.brunel.ac.uk (Liz Kimber) [positive] 4 Jul 90 >From my own experience (I have always had AMSTRADS) they are very good. R: alun@ibmpcug.co.uk (Alun Jenkins) [strongly negative] 6 Jul 90 >Don't don't don't don't buy Amstrad. I used to work for an Amstrad super >dealer we used to do repairs etc. Just try getting parts. They don't come, >they send the wrong thing, we even received a board with chips missing. >Get real; just say no to Amstrad! R: emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) [strongly negative] 7 Jul 90 >If you GAVE me one, I wouldn't even unpack it! R: clear@bearcave.actrix.co.nz (Charlie Lear) [positive] 3 Jul 90 >They are very good machines with a high level of standard hardware. R: ss2@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Shyam Subramanyan) [summary] 9 Jul 90 S: Computer, Austin Q: ames!pacbell!sactoh0!mholtz (Mark A. Holtz) 2 Apr 90 Q: jolly@ferrari.ece.cmu.edu (John Lee) 28 Jun 90 R: kens@hplsla.HP.COM (Ken Snyder) 29 Jun 90 >About a year and a half ago I had a horrible experience. S: Computer, Black Ship Q: cracraft@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Stuart Cracraft) 23 Mar 90 Q: MJB@cup.portal.com (Martin J Brown-Jr) [386/25] 20 Jun 90 S: Computer, Bondwell laptops Q: uhr@thor.cs.wisc.edu (Leonard Uhr) 6 Apr 90 Q: lenhert@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Donald Lenhert) 14 May 90 S: Computer, CompuAdd Q: ames!pacbell!sactoh0!mholtz (Mark A. Holtz) 2 Apr 90 R: jfm@cs.odu.edu (John F. Mclaurin) 8 Apr 90 >I would only recommend a Compuadd 316s if you are a business user and >are within 5 minutes of a Super-Store. Q: lai@cs.arizona.edu (C. Patrick Lai) [316SX] 31 May 90 R: reyn@trsvax.UUCP [316SX, positive] 5 Jun 90 R: russell@ALF.UNOMAHA.EDU ("Tim Russell") [316SX, positive] 10 Jun 90 Q: andyc@sunra.Eng.Sun.COM (Andy Charnas) [12MHz 286] 16 Jun 90 R: rwp@cup.portal.com (Roger William Preisendefer) 21 Jun 90 >My company just bought 15 Compuadd computers recently ... >They seem pretty decent. R: texsun!texbell!merch!cpe!hal6000!trsvax!reyn (John Reynolds) [316S] Jun 90 >I have had no complaints. ... Highly recommended. R: petrilli@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Chris Petrilli) 21 Jun 90 >If you get a system that works, no problem, it's as reliable as anything >else. However, there seems to be a large fraction that don't work (my >estimates are around 20%). S: Computer, Computer Terminal International Q: mpatel@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM (Madhu Patel) 2 May 90 S: Computer, DTK Q: besner@watserv1.waterloo.edu (lc) 8 May 90 Q: nrd@cray.com (Neal Dalton) 11 May 90 S: Computer, EPS Q: fad3@cbnewsj.att.com (frank.decosta) [EPS 386-33] 27 Jun 90 Q: akcs.gregc@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Greg) [EPI 25 mhz] 17 Jul 90 S: Computer, Excell Q: bhughes@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM (Bill Hughes) 6 Jun 90 S: Computer, FastMicro Q: johnob@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (John J Obendorfer) 8 May 90 S: Computer, Fresh Data Q: ucoerp@swuts.swbt.com (Robert B. Paster) 29 Mar 90 R: gatech!stiatl!mnopltd!neal 30 Mar 90 >You can call the Atlanta Better Business Bureau at 404-688-4910 >There are three different addresses with that name, none of which >have contacted the BBB. S: Computer, Gateway 2000 Q: simmonds@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Simmonds) 22 Apr 90 Q: EMH101@psuvm.psu.edu (Ed Hankinson) 2 Apr 90 Q: andyb@locus.com (Andy Brager) 3 Apr 90 Q: passt1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Philip A. Sircely) 9 May 90 >Call them at 800-523-2000 or 1-605-232-2000 R: ins_arm@jhuvms.bitnet (Roslan MdZaki) 30 Mar 90 R: webb@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Thomas Webb) [negative] 10 Apr 90 R: MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu (Mark Solsman) 9 Apr 90 >There [sic] salespeople are fantastic! R: gerry@cive.ri.cmu.edu (Gerry Roston) [positive] 11 Apr 90 R: GOLDSTN@MAINE.BITNET (Michael E. Goldstein) 7 Apr 90 R: yjkim@milton.acs.washington.edu (Yong Kim) 7 Apr 90 >Their salespeople don't seem to be great, but their computers are good. R: keegan-edward@cs.yale.edu (Edward Keegan) 9 May 90 >PC Resource magazine rates the Gateway as a best buy in the May 1990 issue. R: ucoerp@swuts.swbt.com (Robert B. Paster) [uneventful story] 25 May 90 R: cohend@dg-rtp.dg.com [positive] (Dave Cohen) 31 May 90 R: landry@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (Kenneth Landry) [recently purchased] 20 Jun 90 Q: jbjones@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John B. Jones) 26 Jun 90 Q: fad3@cbnewsj.att.com (frank.decosta) 27 Jun 90 R: kens@hplsla.HP.COM (Ken Snyder) 27 Jun 90 >about a gazillion people have bought Gateways and 99.9153% of them are >happy customers. I am included in this group. R: ucoerp@swuts.swbt.com (Robert B. Paster) [highly recommend] 28 Jun 90 R: kens@hplsla.HP.COM (Ken Snyder) [very happy] 29 Jun 90 R: torkil@psivax.UUCP (Torkil Hammer) 20 Jul 90 >It is great. Telephone service is difficult to get, like with all mail >order places. R: verket@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Paul Verket) 24 Jul 90 >We bought a 33MHz 386 ... and it has worked very well. My only complaints >were a case that was sloppily put together and an off brand of hard disk. R: fs@uwasa.fi (Filip Sawicki LAKE) [summary] 24 Jul 90 >In all of [the replies] opinions were absolutely positive. >[Though a common complaint was that some troubleshooting was necessary, > but technical support was very helpful.] R: jsims@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (J. Robert Sims) R: Edward_Engler@transarc.com R: goldston@med.unc.edu (David Goldston) R: hargrove@cbnewsj.att.com R: RPI360@MAINE.BITNET Q: ibanez@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Maria Ibanez) 10 Jul 90 R: fad3@cbnewsj.att.com (frank.decosta) [summary] 11 Jul 90 S: Computer, Homesmart Computing R: markg@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (mark.r.gibaldi) [positive] 3 May 90 S: Computer, Hornet 386 Q: rutgers!soleil!gendel (Gary Gendel) 5 Mar 90 S: Computer, Hyundai 386C Q: qiming@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Qiming Huang) 17 Mar 90 R: NETOPRWA@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu (Wayne Aiken) [very strongly negative] 20 Jul 90 >FORGET HYUNDAI! At one time, my company bought several ... we will never >do business with them again. Even if you are lucky enough to ever get a >computer back from being serviced, chances are good that it still won't work. >Hyundai is definitely one to avoid like the plague. S: Computer, IBM Convertible Q: williams@cs.umass.edu (Leo Pinard) 25 Mar 90 S: Computer, Jeppsen Q: jackin@vehka.uta.fi (Markku M{enp{{) 8 May 90 S: Computer, Leading Edge PC Q: pricked@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Jenn-Ming Yang) 7 Mar 90 S: Computer, Micro Express Q: cbishop@zeus.dnet.ge.com (Chuck Bishop) 19 Jul 90 S: Computer, MicroGeneration Q: peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck) 29 Jun 90 R: uunet!bnrgate!bmerh614!mlord (Mark Lord) [negative] 6 Jul 90 >Avoid them like the plague.. R: uunet!math.lsa.umich.edu!sharkey!msuinfo!cpsin3!draper (Patrick J Draper) [positive] 6 Jul 90 >I bought a 12Mhz AT from them a year ago, and I am very happy with it. S: Computer, Microlab Q: cg108fep@icogsci1.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) 7 May 90 R: herrj@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jonathan R. Herr) [positive] 7 May 90 R: uunet!tronsbox!dsoft!bbs.whizzie (Mauro Quaglia) [positive] 9 May 90 R: m9tx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (John Sequeira) [negative] 10 May 90 >MicroLab's support is terrible. Read their fine print - 're-stocking fee' >and 'prices quoted are for cash sales only'. R: alf@edstip.EDS.COM (John Hamill) [negative] 9 May 90 R: scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Doug Scherer) [negative] 16 May 90 S: Computer, Mitsubishi MP286L Q: gm17+@andrew.cmu.edu (Glenn C. Meter) 5 Jun 90 S: Computer, Northgate Q: uunet!motcid!molesb (Bryan Moles) 10 Apr 90 R: jps@msc.umn.edu (Jeff P. Sorvik) [positive] 10 Apr 90 R: tmyers@athena.mit.edu (Tracy S Myers) [negative] 12 Apr 90 R: wang@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Eric Wang) [positive] 11 Apr 90 R: jsulliva@cvbnet.prime.com (Jeff Sullivan) [positive] 13 Apr 90 R: iuvax!ndmath!nstar!larry (Larry Snyder) [somewhat negative] 22 Apr 90 R: wag1@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (d.wagley) [positive] 27 Apr 90 R: tmyers@athena.mit.edu (Tracy S Myers) [long story] 5 May 90 >Overall, I am satisfied with Northgate. R: cjp@beartrk.beartrack.com (CJ Pilzer) [486 i25] 24 Jun 90 >I like it very much. The company support has been excellent. S: Computer, Northgate Elegance 386 R: geiser@apollo.HP.COM (Wayne Geiser) [positive] 13 Apr 90 >I'll be happy to answer any more specific questions you might have. S: Computer, Northgate Slimline 386/20 PC Q: rao@ka.excelan.com (Viswanath Rao) 21 Mar 90 R: hollyr@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Holly Raab) [has one] 23 Mar 90 S: Computer, Northgate 486 i25 R: cjp@beartrk.beartrack.com (CJ Pilzer) [positive] 17 Jun 90 S: Computer, Packard-Bell Q: scott@Futures.COM (Scott Boyd) 19 Jul 90 S: Computer, PC Brand Q: joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) 16 Mar 90 R: fish@gemed.com (Mark Fisher) [negative] 1 Apr 90 R: nigel@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Nigel Sharples) [negative] 2 Apr 90 R: kt4@prism.gatech.EDU (Ken Thompson) [positive] 2 Apr 90 R: dorsai@pawl.rpi.edu (Gregory D. Moncreaff) [negative] 2 Apr 90 >unless you're feeling your luck is just about to turn or you have >a streak of masochism a mile wide you should seriously consider >dumping PC Brand and go with another 'reputable' mailorder such as Zeos R: sheinfel@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Aviad Sheinfeld) [negative] 6 Apr 90 R: dorsai@pawl.rpi.edu (G. Donald Moncreaff) 6 Apr 90 >NEVER call customer service, use the tech line 1-800-541-TECH instead. >these people are much more knowlagable than the service people R: dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (David R. Sewell) [negative] 7 Apr 90 R: eddjp@althea.UUCP (Dewey Paciaffi) [positive] 5 Apr 90 R: gregj@microsoft.UUCP (Greg JONES) 7 Apr 90 R: wordproc@ucf-cs.UCF.EDU (Marcus Clenney) [positive] 12 Apr 90 Q: jay@umd5.umd.edu (Jay Elvove) 21 May 90 Q: ylee@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Raymond Lee) 6 Jun 90 R: elh@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ed_Han) [negative] 10 Jun 90 R: rschmidt@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (roy schmidt) [20MHz 386, negative] 14 Jun 90 R: dag@persoft.com (Daniel A. Glasser) [negative story] 19 Jun 90 S: Computer, Premier Q: blair@entec.Wichita.NCR.COM (Brian Lair) 18 Jul 90 S: Computer, Q-Tek Q: scs2635@cec2.wustl.edu (Sean Cronin Starkey) 2 Apr 90 R: wang@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Eric Wang) [positive] 11 Apr 90 S: Computer, Swan Q: ames!pacbell!sactoh0!mholtz (Mark A. Holtz) 2 Apr 90 Q: gt0159a@prism.gatech.EDU (LEVINSON,MARC LOUIS) 14 Jun 90 R: jla@hiway.scol.pa.us (Jim Anderson) 19 Jun 90 >I have had no bad expierences with SWAN. But I live 3 miles from them. S: Computer, Top Gun Q: rlp@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Ralph L. Place) 7 Jun 90 S: Computer, Tri-Star Q: uunet!ccicpg!cci632!gude (Atish Gude) 5 Mar 90 Q: cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu (Clinton Jeffery) 24 Apr 90 S: Computer, Tri-State in New York R: princeton!idacrd!gmk (Gary M. Kuhn) [negative] 23 Apr 90 >But let's face it, I expect to be treated rough by cut-rate business in NY. R: scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Scherer) [negative] 23 Apr 90 S: Computer, USA-Flex R: MHS108@psuvm.psu.edu (Mark Solsman) [negative] 12 Apr 90 R: dlucy@tropez.UUCP (Doug Lucy) [negative] 12 Apr 90 R: zentner@cn.ecn.purdue.edu (Michael Zentner) [negative] 12 Apr 90 >I found USA flex to have a very good sales staff ... >but when it came to service, that was another story. S: Computer, Zenith Turbosport 386 R: uunet!cbmvax!cgh!paul (Paul Homchick) [mixed review] 21 Apr 90 Q: lchen@cs.ubc.ca (Lee Li-Jen Chen) 15 Jun 90 R: russ@prism.gatech.EDU (Russell Shackelford) [mixed review] 15 Jun 90 >Good machine, but with its problems... S: Computer, Zeos Q: krisb@masscomp.ccur.com (Kris Beatty) 19 Mar 90 Q: uunet!motcid!molesb (Bryan Moles) 10 Apr 90 Q: ames!pacbell!sactoh0!mholtz (Mark A. Holtz) 2 Apr 90 Q: harris@umiacs.umd.edu (Michael Harris) 7 Jun 90 Q: peck@ral.rpi.edu (Joseph Peck) [20MHz 386] 13 Jun 90 Q: gt0159a@prism.gatech.EDU (LEVINSON,MARC LOUIS) 14 Jun 90 Q: gp0@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Guenther) [laptop 386SX] 21 Jun 90 S: Computer, choosing a laptop/portable Q: teach@tc.fluke.COM (Dick Beier) 13 Mar 90 >PC Magazine, March 13 1990. S: Computer, Jade Q: pete@bally.Bally.COM (Pete "The Invisible Man" Gregory) 10 May 90 S: Computer, general Q: terence@ttidca.TTI.COM (Terence Davis) 26 Mar 90 Q: ajayshah@usc.edu (Ajay Shah) 23 Apr 90 Q: cof@pandora.cs.wayne.edu (Colleen Farrell) 14 Apr 90 Q: silver@suna2.cs.uiuc.edu (Edward A. Silverstein) 9 May 90 S: Computer, laptop Q: attmail!drutx!druks!lyn (Lynelle Schneeberg) 23 Apr 90 S: Excelan Exos 205 Ethernet card Q: jtliu@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James T. Liu) 26 Mar 90 S: Hard disk card Q: furlong@tdoc9.mdcbbs.com (Carey M. Furlong) 14 Mar 90 S: Hard disk cards for PS/2 30-286 Q: zhang@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Hong Zhang) 23 Mar 90 S: Hard disk controller, Perstor vs WD1006 RLL Q: kgreen@dukeac.ac.duke.edu (Kendall B Green) 20 Mar 90 S: Hard disk controller, two in one machine Q: gb7@prism.gatech.EDU (Joe Bradley) 15 Mar 90 Q: smithju@cell.mot.COM (Justin A. Smith) 15 Mar 90 S: Hard disk controllers, which work with what drives? Q: drich@dialogic.dialogic.com (Dan Rich) 22 Mar 90 S: Hard disk, Conner Q: weisen@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Neil Weisenfeld) 15 Apr 90 R: feustel@well.sf.ca.us (David Alan Feustel) [positive] 17 Apr 90 R: ucbvax!van-bc!oneb!kmcvay (Ken McVay) [positive] 17 Apr 90 R: uunet!cpqhou!scottn (Scott Nesbitt) [positive] 16 Apr 90 S: Hard disk/floppy disk RLL 1:1 16-bit controller Q: wdarden@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (Bill Darden) 26 Mar 90 S: Hard disk, SyQuest 44MB removable Q: pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) 12 Apr 90 S: Hard disk, general Q: wngai@ics.uci.edu (Wayne Ngai) 11 May 90 S: Hard drives in old PCs Q: dvlsan@apollon.cs.umu.se (Stefan Anderson) 19 Apr 90 S: Mail order companies, PC Connection R: uw-beaver!sumax!ole!ray (Ray Berry) [positive] 4 May 90 R: beekun@unssun.nevada.edu (R. I. Beekun) [positive] 5 May 90 >PC Connection is the absolutely best. [sic] R: groupe@mips2.cr.bull.com (Alan Groupe) [positive] 8 May 90 >It really doesn't get any better than this. S: Mail-order discount houses for 386s (general comments) R: gatec!stiatl!mnopltd!neal (Neal Rhodes) 12 Apr 90 >What do you expect when you go for the lowest price? >I await the day when America realizes that you gotta pay a little above >dealer cost if ya want the dealer to survive and stand behind their products. R: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) 12 Apr 90 >You can't expect excellent service from a mailorder place if you want the >rock-bottom price. The people who shop on price alone are inevitably going >to get hurt, sooner or later. R: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) 20 Apr 90 >There is a simple rule of thumb to follow when buying PC products. If you >know EXACTLY what you want, and it will fit your needs, then by all means >order from a mail-order house. Just be sure it isn't a scam. The ONLY thing >you should ever have to deal with them on the order would be DOA or wrong >merchandise. If it doesn't exactly fit your needs, you are the only one to >blame. > >On the other hand, if you are unsure, or feel you will need help in >choosing the correct brand or product, or help in installing or setting it >up the product, buy from a company that is sure to offer good support. I >try to buy from local places that are within driving distance. That way, I >don't have to sit on the phone trying to get action, I can go there in >person. > >Sure I may pay a little more, but I have had to return a couple of >items, and have had minor problems, but they were quickly and easily >cleared up by a visit in person to the store. S: Monitor, COMPEQ LOOP SVGA Q: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) 6 Jun 90 >I've got one and I wouldn't part with it. S: Monitor, EGA Q: DWONG@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Debbie Wong) 25 Apr 90 >The May 1990 issue of PC Magazine reviews 24 monitors. S: Monitor, Gateway VGA Q: tom@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Tom Albrecht) 26 Mar 90 S: Monitor, NEC 3D R: burton@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Philip Burton) 24 Apr 90 R: gpatel@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Gautam Patel) 24 Apr 90 >I have an NEC 3D and I have nothing but praise for it. R: dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch) >I like it, but want to warn you: it can only do 1024x768 interlaced. R: tpf@jdyx.atlanta.ga.us (Tom Friedel) >one of the cheapest monitors that will do 1024x768 S: Monitor, Paradise Q: uunet!bartek1!norm (Norm Bartek) 6 May 90 S: Monitor, SVGA Q: peter@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter Wu) [summary] 5 Jun 90 R: troby@diana.cair.du.edu (THORNTON ROBY) >See PC Magazine, 15 May 1990 and 10 Apr 1990 for reviews. S: Monitor, VGA Q: cs163wbf@icse2.ucsd.edu (RICHARD WUN) 8 May 90 R: eggbert@bucsf.bu.edu (Eugene Wang) 9 May 90 >April 10, 1990 PC Magazine reviews 1024x768 noninterlaced monitors. >May 15, 1990 PC Magazine reviews Super VGA monitors (800x600) > but some go to 1024x768. >May 1990 PC World tries to find the "best value" among multiscan monitors. S: Monitor, Zenith Z-1492 FTM Q: dd2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Dwiggins) 9 Apr 90 S: Monitor, Dell R: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) [positive] 24 Apr 90 S: Monitor, Goldstar Q: uunet!sequent!kevinr (Kevin W. Rudd) 24 Apr 90 R: cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!hrc!xroads!beagle!chandler (Jim Chandler) 25 Apr 90 S: Monitor, Maatsushita View Perfect 3 R: rama@andy.bgsu.edu (Sub Ramakrishnan) >Same features as NEC 3D but costs a lot less. Works just fine. S: Monitor, Mitsubishi DiamondScan R: cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!hrc!xroads!beagle!chandler (Jim Chandler) 25 Apr 90 S: Monitor, Multisync Q: gsgi_cif@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Gregory Gibson) 8 Mar 90 S: Monitor, NANAO FlexScan 9070U R: cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!hrc!xroads!beagle!chandler (Jim Chandler) 25 Apr 90 S: Monitor, NEC R: cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!hrc!xroads!beagle!chandler (Jim Chandler) 25 Apr 90 S: Monitor, Princeton Q: uunet!sequent!kevinr (Kevin W. Rudd) 24 Apr 90 R: marshall@wind55.seri.gov (Marshall L. Buhl) [negative] 24 Apr 90 R: cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!hrc!xroads!beagle!chandler (Jim Chandler) 25 Apr 90 R: mjw06513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mary Winters) >The Princeton Ultrasync is an excellent monitor. S: Motherboard, 386 Q: acero@tank.uchicago.edu (Anibal Acero) [summary] 6 Mar 90 Q: tett@cbnewse.ATT.COM (chad.a.hoffstetter) 22 Mar 90 Q: bjb@hubcap.clemson.edu (BJ Backitis) 14 Mar 90 S: Motherboard, 386 or 386SX, with 287 coprocessor socket Q: acero@tank.uchicago.edu (Anibal Acero) [summary] 2 Apr 90 R: dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch) >I'm using an old 386 with a 287, and don't recommend it. R: chao@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Chia-Chi) >I doubt very much that you will find a 386SX board which supports 287. >JDR Microdevices has a 386 board (no cache) that does support 287. R: jt19840@tutor.tut.fi (Jyrki Tuomi) >Addresses taken from advertisements in Microcornucopia magazine: >JDR Microdevices, 2233 Branham Lane, San Jose, CA 95124, > Orders: 1-800-538-5000, Tech: (408) 559-1200 >Microsphere Computers, 855 N.W. Wall, Bend, OR 97701 > Orders: 1-800-234-8086, Tech: (503) 388-1194 R: srhqla!demott!kdq (Kevin D. Quitt) >Twinhead makes a 386 mother board that will accept either the 387 or 287 R: uw-beaver!sumax!polari!kentkar (Kent Karrer) >Very satisfied with a 386dx motherboard from Babtech Enterprise Company Inc. S: Motherboard, 386SX Q: jbaker@gmuvax.gmu.edu (jbaker) 30 Mar 90 S: Motherboard, 486 EISA Q: talvola@janus.berkeley.edu (Erik Talvola) 12 Mar 90 S: Motherboard, EVEREX Revision E 386 Q: root@Comsys.COM (Alex Huppenthal) 10 Mar 90 S: Motherboard, Intel 386/PC Inboard R: gec@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Errol Casey) [summary] 23 Mar 90 R: 870646c%AcadiaU.CA@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu (Barry) R: larson@nprdc.navy.mil (Orvin Larson) R: nghiem@ut-emx.UUCP (Alex Nghiem) R: skl@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Lam) R: straussr@acf1.nyu.edu (Rosemary Strauss) R: pault@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Paul_Taira) S: Motherboard, Jameco 386 R: bbesler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Brent Besler) 23 Mar 90 S: Motherboard, Mylex vs Micronics (request) Q: brh@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Bobby R. Harris) 12 Mar 90 S: Motherboard, upgrading 286 to 386 Q: dmaster@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (D. R. Wojciechowski) 2 Apr 90 S: SCSI board for PS2 MOD 80-071 Q: purdue!haven!uvaarpa!mcnc!rti!sas!jwd (John W. DeBoskey) 12 Apr 90 S: SCSI controller IN2000 by Always Inc Q: uunet!stsabq!pcarew (Paul Carew) 10 Apr 90 S: Santa Clara diskless workstations Q: RBAUER@oregon.uoregon.edu (Robert Bauer) 14 Mar 90 S: Scanners/OCR Q: svirsky@ttidcc.tti.com (Bill Svirsky) [400dpi hand-held] 17 Mar 90 Q: scream@sun.acs.udel.edu (Darren R Amato) [full-page] 25 Apr 90 Q: scott@spectra.com (Tim Scott) 2 May 90 Q: scherer@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Scherer) [full-page] 3 May 90 R: nelson_p@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Nelson) [review of Scanman-Plus] 16 Apr 90 Q: chow@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Jonathan Chow) [Canon page scanner] 3 May 90 Q: glenn@welch.jhu.edu (Glenn M. Mason) [full page] 31 May 90 Q: yoon@aludra.usc.edu (Dae-Kyun Yoon) [hand-held] 2 Jun 90 Q: uw-beaver!ssc-vax!bcsaic!paula (Paul Allen) [hand-held] 5 Jun 90 Q: Classic_-_Concepts@cup.portal.com [Mirror 300DPI] 2 Jun 90 S: Sequa Chameleon PC Q: lloyd@ficc.uu.net (greg lloyd) 30 Mar 90 S: Sony 1304HG Q: cyamamot@aludra.usc.edu (Cliff Yamamoto) 17 Apr 90 R: phil@pepsi.amd.com (Phil Ngai) 18 Apr 90 S: Sony CPD-1304 Q: alf@edstip.EDS.COM (John Hamill) 12 Mar 90 S: Sota 286i and 386i Accelerator Cards for PCs R: gec@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Errol Casey) [summary] 25 Mar 90 R: nghiem@emx.utexas.edu (Alex Nghiem) R: RFM@psuvm.psu.edu (Bob Munzenrider) R: granoff@vaxwrk.enet.dec.com (Mark H. Granoff) R: homerun@portia.Stanford.EDU (Matt Watson) R: baer@uwovax.uwo.ca (Douglas Baer) (willing to discuss further) R: sigma@pawl.rpi.edu (Kevin J Martin) R: leadsv!zech@gatech.edu (Bill Zech) S: Sound boars R: brian@leah.Albany.Edu (Brian King) [summary] 27 Jun 90 S: Tape backup Q: baalke@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) 19 Jul 90 > [asks many detailed questions] R: harper@convex.com (David Harper) 19 Jul 90 Q: stephen@hantsq.enet.dec.com (Stephen Wong) [summary] 19 Jul 90 R: mehtash@clutx.clarkson.edu (Amanda Sutton) R: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com R: malloy@nprdc.navy.mil (Sean Malloy) R: pjd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Peter J. Dotzauer) R: segpc!seg@vicom.com R: beareq!fx4!thieb@ai.mit.edu (Thieb) R: boulder!iscden!jbev@boulder.Colorado.EDU R: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gordon Hlavenka) R: carlg@rosevax.rosemount.com (Carl Gansen) R: jpd@pc.usl.edu (Dugal James P.) S: Tandy 4016SX Q: dd2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Eugene Dwiggins) 14 Apr 90 S: Trackball Q: pkim@skat.usc.edu (Philip Kim) 3 Mar 90 Q: ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) 11 Apr 90 S: Trackball, Logitech Trackman Q: elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund) 25 Mar 90 R: fredb@llama.rtech.com (Fred Buechler), willing to discuss. >Been using one for about 2 weeks, and I just love the thing. R: arritt@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Ray Arritt) >I have one and greatly prefer it to a mouse. My only complaint is that the >overall "feel" of the construction is rather cheesy. R: dlow%hpspcoi@hplabs.hp.com (Danny Low) >Although it doesn't feel quite as "right", it's very handy. A real winner. R: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds) >The layout is excellent, much superior to the "real inverted mouse" >trackball others make. R: elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund) 26 Apr 90 >I love it. Q: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) 20 May 90 S: VGA & Composite Video in one monitor Q: b2wild@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (-b2wild-) 21 Apr 90 R: uunet!dev!vrdxhq!pbs!pstinson 24 Apr 90 >Check out the Commodore 1084 monitor. S: VGA Wonder Card (ATI), hooking up to BNC high res color monitor Q: ubbs-nh!lemuria!darryl (Darryl P. Wagoner) 18 Mar 90 S: VGA card, 1024x748 non-interlaced Q: gatech!kd4nc!km4ba!alan (Alan Barrow) 18 Mar 90 S: VGA card, ATI VGA Wonder Q: stephen@hantsq.dec.com (Stephen Wong) 30 Apr 90 S: VGA card, Genoa Q: shedevil@portia.Stanford.EDU (Anne Prisk) [positive] 13 Jun 90 R: rama@andy.bgsu.edu (Sub Ramakrishnan) [Genoa 6400] >Satisfied with its price and performance. R: rdt155r@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Ron van Schyndel) 14 Jun 90 >I've used the Model 5300 and 5400 card and am satisfied with their overall >performance. S: VGA card, Paradise 1024 R: drp@vpnet.chi.il.us (Douglas Pokorny) 24 Jun 90 S: VGA card, Suntek Q: chaim@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Chaim Dworkin) 27 Apr 90 S: VGA card, general Q: peter@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Peter J Diaz de Leon) 13 Mar 90 Q: uunet!unhd!stm (Steven T Mcclure) 23 Apr 90 >See Info World, 11 December 1989; PC Magazine, 10 April 1990 S: i860 and i960 board for AT-bus Q: rutgers!mcnc!ecsgate!ecsvax!dukeac!don (Don Mullen) 16 Apr 90