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- From: n217cg@tamuts.tamu.edu (Scott Taylor)
- Subject: Re: Want to buy a linux PC...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.053121.21188@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.os.linux
- Summary: Watch out for KLH...
- Keywords: Buy PC
- Sender: n217cg@tamuts.tamu.edu
- Organization: ~/lib/organization
- References: <bibhas.715456267@femto.engr.mun.ca> <1992Sep2.152942@tiger1.prime.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 05:31:21 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1992Sep2.152942@tiger1.prime.com> cummings@tiger1.prime.com (Kevin J. Cummings) writes:
- >In article <bibhas.715456267@femto.engr.mun.ca>, bibhas@pico.engr.mun.ca (Bibhas Bhattacharya) writes:
- >> I did some shopping again for the nth time to buy a 386 good for
- >>
- >> stuff abouut needing cheap PC deleted...
- >> `
- >I just bought a 16Mhz 386SX "noname" PC complete with 256K VGA (I think it
- >was Trident, so sue me) for my Dad from Sam's Discount Warehouse (or whatever
- >they call themselves). US$899 for 2MB RAM, 5.25 & 3.5 drives, and 109MB IDE.
- >No-name mouse (Looks like a Logitech clone). Four expansion slots, and a
- >mini-desktop case. It came with DRDOS 6.0 and WIndows 3.1 bundled, along with
- >PFS:Works. In this newsgroup, who cares!
- >
- >I beleive the Brand name was KLH or KHL or something like that. They had
-
- I just read in the Houston paper that KLH has filed for bankruptcy. If you
- buy a KLH, you may very soon be out of luck as far as warranty work/repairs
- and vendor support (I know, we don't NEED no steenking vendor support!) go.
- On the other hand, you may be able to find some good closeout deals on KLH
- PCs....
-
- >a 25MHz 386SX with a 40MB drive for about the same price (the rest of the
- >configuration was about the same). This is about as cheap as I've seen
- >mail-order for 386's. Though for a couple of hundred more, I'm sure you can
- >get a DX instead of an SX. (And get a 486 for a couple of hunder more than that!)
- >
- > name and Wargames quote deleted...
-
- Scott Taylor
- n217cg@tamuts.tamu.edu
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