10 Jun
1998
10 Jun
'98
5:33 p.m.
At 10:26 PM 6/10/98 -0400, William Donzelli wrote:
Heh heh. I thought that comment would flush out a PB person or two. :)
They have actually gotten alot better, but I don't think you'll ever see
any in the Smithsonian like some classic systems.
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Packard Bell:
Today's headache, tomorrow's obscure collectible. Hey, you
never know: People might start collecting only the badly designed systems.
It could happen.
OK, enough Packard-Bell bashing. Send me every PB model 250 you can get
your hands on - I will even pay shipping (and for the crate). 
10 Jun
10 Jun
6:57 p.m.
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, John Higginbotham wrote:
I think William was referring to the PackardBell mainframes of the late
60s and early 70s era. Hence, the mention of the model 250. Our own Tony
Duell has a Model 850.
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OK, enough
Packard-Bell bashing. Send me every PB model 250 you can get
your hands on - I will even pay shipping (and for the crate).
Heh heh. I thought that comment would flush out a PB person or two. :)
They have actually gotten alot better, but I don't think you'll ever see
any in the Smithsonian like some classic systems. 
11 Jun
11 Jun
5:05 a.m.
I think William was referring to the PackardBell
mainframes of the late
60s and early 70s era. Hence, the mention of the model 250. Our own Tony
Duell has a Model 850.
Yes, check out...
http://www.ultranet.com/~engelbrt/carl/museum/machines/PB-250.html
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net
12:26 p.m.
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