Re: Stupid Professor Tricks

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4 total messages Started by rose... Robin Rosenberg INF Tue, 27 Feb 1990 21:45

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Author: rose... Robin Rosenberg INF
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 21:45

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In article <90051.151...@psuvm.psu.edu> MXD...@psuvm.psu.edu (Mike Dahmus) writes:
>By the way,  I have a Model 70.  It blows away *anything* Apple or Radio Shack
>can come up with...

Have you tried shutting off the fan by cutting the wires to it? Perhaps that
could reduce your problems.

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Robin Rosenberg

Re: Stupid Professor Tricks

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Author: har... Harold Tomlinson
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 17:50

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In article <ROSENBER.90...@ra.abo.fi> rose...@ra.abo.fi (Robin Rosenberg INF) writes:

:)
:)   In article <90051.151...@psuvm.psu.edu> MXD...@psuvm.psu.edu (Mike Dahmus) writes:
:)   >By the way,  I have a Model 70.  It blows away *anything* Apple or Radio Shack
:)   >can come up with...
:)
:)   Have you tried shutting off the fan by cutting the wires to it? Perhaps that
:)   could reduce your problems.
:)
:)   --------------
:)   Robin Rosenberg
:)
:)

  I really hate to follow this thread, but...

    As to your Model 70, did you know that it was released about 2 hours
after the Tandy 5000MC?  Did you also know that the Tandy 5000MC is the 
only other OS/2 (read micro-channel) machine one the market?  
Did you also know that the Tandy 5000MC and the IBM PS/2 Model 70 are 
physically IDENTICAL inside?

    PC magazine did an article on it a while back.  The only differance
they found was that the Tandy was faster!!!  (Now how's your fan blowing?)

   Oops.  I made a mistake... There was one other differance... 

                   ... about $4000.00 ...

   The 5000MC was release about $4000 less.


                 Harold.t.

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Re: Stupid Professor Tricks

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Author: MXD... Mike Dahmus
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 1990 02:06

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In article <HAROLDT.90...@yunexus.yorku.ca>, har...@yunexus.yorku.ca
(Harold Tomlinson) says:
>   Oops.  I made a mistake... There was one other differance...
>
>                   ... about $4000.00 ...
>
>   The 5000MC was release about $4000 less.

That's REALLY surprising,  since the street price of a Model 70 386 is now
somewhere between $5 and 6 K.  According to your info,  that means this
Tandy (386) machine can be had for between $1 and 2K!!  I'm surprised Radio
Shack can keep them in stock!!
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Correction (Was Re: Stupid Professor Tricks)

#1653

Author: jeff
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 1990 18:38

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In article <HAROLDT.90...@yunexus.yorku.ca> har...@yunexus.yorku.ca (Harold Tomlinson) writes:
:    As to your Model 70, did you know that it was released about 2 hours
:after the Tandy 5000MC?  Did you also know that the Tandy 5000MC is the 
:only other OS/2 (read micro-channel) machine one the market?  
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
:Did you also know that the Tandy 5000MC and the IBM PS/2 Model 70 are 
:physically IDENTICAL inside?

Did *you* know that OS/2 runs on machines other than micro-channel machines?

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