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- From: thssjyh@iitmax.iit.edu (Jianqing Hu)
- Subject: Re: Why Tandy?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug30.071033.3544@iitmax.iit.edu>
- Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology
- References: <1992Aug29.171458.42654@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 07:10:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug29.171458.42654@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> 2ftylunar@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >No offense to anybody who bought a tandy, but what are the possible advantages
- >of having a comp when the upgrades are 1.limited 2.expensive and 3.bad quality.
- >I have a friend who just bought a comp. from tandy(smart guy huh?) and wanted
- >to get a game port for his computer. When he went over to the local store he
- >was told that it would cost him approx. $200 for the port!!! Maybe in some
- >small cities or wacked out larger ones the prices are down but i doubt it.
- >It just makes me mad when i hear about the idiotic things that radio shack
- >does!
-
-
- The only reason I go to Radio Shack is they are just at street corner, and
- have some better refund policies. For qualities, I haven't experienced any
- advantage for the regular price. Some of their sale prices are near those
- mail orders but plus tax.
-
- I remember I have bought a 1000HX and want to use a MDA monitor with it.
- I have to soldering some 40 lines to convert a PLUS style expansion to
- ISA expansion, yeah, I know there are ready to use convertors. And later
- tried half a dozen Hercules clone cards to find a proper one that could
- co-exist with the Tandy CGA. They were all running well in nameless clone
- computers.
-
- In that case, I have to agree I got a good deal on 1000HX for only $35.00
- cause when the store manager showing me how nice it was, the power supply
- just got fried. Lately, I got a letter from Texas asking me buying a $69.00
- extanded warranty for this baby.
-
- Jianqing Hu
- thssjyh@iitmax.iit.edu
-