Who were the worst of the worst? - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Feb 2013

. Tandy was questionable, but in
...
   reality not as
bad as their rep. 
Yep.  another case of not being exactly the same, and catching flack for
that.  Marketing did little or nothing to help prevent people looking for
a CHEAPER 5150 from buying a machine that was DIFFERENT.
That was probably MOST of the Sanyo sales, and even the RS 2000. 
 The 1000 couldn't take the longest cards. The earliest mobos had gold ram. The
quality wasn't really bad. The 2k wasn't compatible and was possibly a bit less
reliable. But when sales drooped (1st quarter?) They used them in the back rooms. They
couldn't have been that bad but perhaps there's a reason so many had Bernoulli
boxes jest in case ;)

...
 There was a local surplus dealer who had Augat sockets
cheap!  At local
swaps, I was able to buy bare imitation 5160 motherboards.  I learned to
solder, often while watching TV.  The third one that I assembled worked!
By then, I was also no longer putting in sockets for DIP Switches and
resistor packs :-) 
 I got my foist xsistor radio soldered and working wit no problems at all. I have a
Canadian made I think MBE-XT bare board. I should populate it jest to see if I still got
it going on ;). I'll need a box - anyone - and sit it next to my faux ATjr. Or maybe
just screw it to a.piece of plywood and be happy. 