New subject: Columbia Portable XT Computers

9 Nov 1998

 I ran some service calls on Columbia pc's around 1987. As I was raised 
 in the Washington, DC suburbs (Silver Spring, Maryland) and had been 
 to Columbia, Maryland (which is located halfway between Washington and 
 Baltimore many times, I was surprised when reading the documentation 
 of the pc which stated it was made in Columbia, Maryland. Several 
 years later I needed to order a replacement motherboard and discovered 
 they had moved to Florida.

 Marty

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Subject: Re: Collectable PCs
Author:  classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet
Date:    11/9/98 4:10 PM

 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
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 In a message dated 11/9/98 8:37:45 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
 Marty(a)itgonline.com writes:

 <<  Does your Columbia list it as having been made in Columbia, Maryland? 
   I believe their early pc's were made in Columbia, Maryland, later they 
   moved to Florida.
 >  I will look. I didn't know that.
Thanks for the info. i will let you know   when
...
  I find out.
 Paxton  I have 3 Columbia portable XT's.. Didn't know they were made in
Florida. 
 Could be why there seem to be so many in the thrift stores down here in 
 Florida..
 I have never been able to find anything on the internet about these 
 machines, looked everywhere and nothing found..
 If anyone has any web sites with info on them, or knows some history on 
 them sure would like to hear from you...
 Phil...

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