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- From: grb@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca (G. Randolph Bickerton)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Word processors
- Message-ID: <D7yVXB1w164w@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 14:52:36 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.214403.5041@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
- Organization: Right Byte Industries, Ville St-Laurent Quebec Canada
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- dwn@bnl.gov (Dave Niebuhr) writes:
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- > In article 8093@b8.b8.ingr.com, egsalmon@b8.b8.ingr.com (Emmett Salmons) writ
- > >Dear Net People,
- > >
- > >My brother is considering buying a Brother word processor for his daughter t
- > >use for school. This is a subject that I have not seen on this net before an
- > >I was wondering if anyone had any good/bad experiences with a Brother W/P.
- > >I do not have a model number but it is currently on sale at Sears for ~$230.
- >
- > I have the Brother WP-2200 and like it a lot. The only two drawbacks are
- > the spreadsheet capabilities that take up too much space on the hard disk
- > and the floppy holds 1/10th of what a DOS formatted floppy does.
- >
- > Spring for a few extra bucks and get one of the Brother models that format
- > the floppy is MS-DOS format. It'll be worth it later if a MDS-DOS pc comes
- > into the picture.
- >
- > ---
- > Dave Niebuhr Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
- > Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973 (516)-282-3093
- >
- >
-
- Why not get a used XT rather than just a word processor!
-
- G. Randolph Bickerton GRB@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca
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