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SUPPORT RESOURCES ARE JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY!
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A listing for general support services, manufacturer specific
support numbers, virus information, software piracy and hard
drive disk disaster recovery follows.
Sometimes the best thing to do for a computer problem which stumps
you is to pick up the phone and call one of several support
services. In most cases the manufacturer of your hardware or
software offers free support.
In other cases you may wish to call a general support service.
In most cases the small charge paid either through your credit
card or via a toll charge 900 telephone number is well worth the
time and money invested - especially if you need an answer fast
and don't have the time for research.
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GENERAL SUPPORT SERVICES
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These support services offer general assistance, for a fee, on
a variety of levels ranging from technical support for DOS,
Windows, word processing, desktop publishing, hardware and
software troubleshooting, system configuration and product
reviews if you are trying to select from several software or
hardware items and more.
Advanced Support Group: 900/456-HELP, 268 Lamp and Lantern
Village, Town and Country, Missouri 63017 Ask about their
monthly publication, The ASG Insider Newsletter. Support calls
are $2.00 per minute, the first 24 seconds are free. ASG returns
the call if the tech specialist needs to research the answer.
Visa and Mastercard. Subscription basis 800 toll free service
available. Further information: 314/256-3130.
CompuAdd: 900/990-0111 - also offers similar services. More
info: 512/250-2000.
Kirin International 900/446-2468 - claims support for over 600
software and hardware products, both MSDOS and Mac. Both prepaid
and pay as you go plans. 24 hours a day. Further info about
Kirin: 800/753-2468.
Micro Support Resources: 404/452-7676 - Yearly support contracts
for those needing continuous industrial strength support. Flat
$200 per year. Focus is small business.
PC-Helpline: 800/366-8125 - good customer support on a variety
of packages.
The Help Network: 900/88-4HELP - offers specialists on call who
are knowledgable about many software packages. Special
expertise in accounting software such as DAC, Peachtree and
Bradford, as well as general software packages.
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MANUFACTURER SPECIFIC SUPPORT SERVICES
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ALR 714/458-1952
Apple Computer 408/996-1010
Arche Technologies 800/322-2724
AST 800/727-1278
AT&T 800/922-0354
Atari 408/745-2000
Austin Computer 512/339-7932
Bondwell 415/490-4300
Brother 201/981-0300
Canon (printers, scanners, copiers) 800/423-2366
Canon Computers 516/488-6700
Casio 201/361-5400
Citizen 213/453-0614
Compaq Computer 800/345-1518, 800/231-0900, 713/370-0670
Complete PC Inc. 408/434-9600
CompuAdd 800/999-9901
CompuServe 800/848-8199
Conner Hard Drives 408/433-3340
CORE Intl. 407/997-6033
Dell Computer 800/624-9896, 800/426-5150
Diconix/Kodak 716/724-4000, 800/242-2424
Dove Computer 919/763-7918
Epson Intl. 213/782-2600, 213/539-9140
Everex 415/498-4411
Gateway Inc. 800/248-2031
General Electric 203/373-2431
GEnie 800/638-9636
Grid Computer 800/654-4743
Hayes Inc. 404/441-1617, 404/449-8791
Hewlett-Packard 208/323-2551, 415/857-1501
Hyundai Computer 800/234-3553
IBM 800/426-2468, 914/765-1900
Intel 800/538-3373
Librex 408/441-8500
Logitech 415/795-8100
Lotus 617/577-8500
Mannesmann Tally 206/251-5593
Maxtor Hard Drive 800/356-5333, 800/262-9867, 408/432-1700
MCI Mail 800/444-6245
Micropolis Hard Drive 818/709-3325, 818/709-3300, 800/395-3748
Microsoft 206/637-7096, 206/882-8080
Microtek Inc 213/321-2121
Mitsubishi 800/828-6320
Motorola 708/576-4704
NCR Inc. 800/543-9935
NEC Computer 508/264-4300. 508/264-8000, 800/826-2255
Northgate Computer 800/446-5037
Okdata Printer Inc 609/273-0300
Outbound Systems 800/444-4607
Panasonic Inc. 800/222-0584, 800/447-4700, 201/348-7000
Poqet Computer 408/764-9400, 408/982-9500
Practical Peripherals 818/706-0333
QMS INc 205/633-4500
Quantum Hard Drive 800/624-5545, 408/894-4000
Safeware Computer Insurance 800/848-3469
Seagate Hard Drive Technologies 800/468-3472, 408/438-8222
Sharp Electronics 800/732-8221, 201/529-9500
Skisoft (no squint laptop cursor software) 617/863-1876
Smith Corona 203/972-1471
Sony Corporation of America 800/433-5212
Star Micronics Printer 714/768-3192, 212/986-6770
Tandon Inc. 800/487-8324
Tandy Computer 817/390-3861, 817/390-3700
Teac 213/726-0303
Tektronix Inc. 800/835-6100
Texas Instruments Inc. 512/250-7407
Toshiba Computer 800/999-4273, 800/334-3445, 714/583-3000
Tusk Inc. 407/881-9050
U.S. Robotics 708/982-5010
Western Digital 800/832-4778, 714/932-4900
WordPerfect Corporation 801/225-5000
Wyse Technology 408/922-5700
Zenith 800/877-7704
Zeos International 800/228-5390
Computer virus information and help:
National Computer Security Assocation 717/258-1816
McAfee Associates 408/98-3832.
To report illegal use or duplication of software, pirating of
software:
Software Publisher's Association 800/388-7478
In case of total hard drive or floppy failure and you MUST
recover data which is irreplaceable. Including disks or hard
drives which have been dropped, fire-damaged or water-damaged:
Ontrack Company 800/872-2599
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