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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: What's the scoop behind "Reveal" components?
- Message-ID: <sheldon.722019797@pv1417.vincent.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Nov16.163227.24551@hemlock.cray.com>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:03:17 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.163227.24551@hemlock.cray.com> rice@cray.com (Jonathan Rice) writes:
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- >Computer stores around here are saturated with components packaged under the
- >"Reveal" brand name. The package design suggests that a corner of the label
- >is being pulled back, and printed in the corner (as if it were being
- >revealed, get it?) one sees notations such as "From the Colorado Mountain
- >family of tape drives" or "From the Conner family of disk drives."
- >Everything from tape to modems is represented.
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- >What's the connection between Reveal and the original brands? Are they
- >simply OEM'ing the genuine stuff? Cloning it?
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- They're just OEM'ing it and packaging it for distribution and resale.
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- I kind of think it's nice. At least around here, a lot of these items have
- prices comparable to mail order.
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- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
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