Greetings, all, and excuse (in advance) the verbosity--

I have a friend (wish it was me) in the market for a computer who has
happened upon what seems to be a particularly excellent package from a
company called Video Computer Store div. Computer Personalities. The address
is 107 North Broad Street, Doylestown PA 18901; web site www.vcstore.com.

For $1999 + $98 shipping/handling they offer the following system:
Pentium II 233 (don't know the mobo brand)
64 MB SDRAM
512 L2 cache
82440 LX chipset / 2 on-board USB / PS-2 port
5.1 GB Western Digital UDMA 33 hard disk
4 MB AGP STB Velocity 128 video adapter
1.44 MB Floppy
32X (max) CD-ROM (IDE)
56K voice/data/fax modem (Diamond Supra Express)
Wave table sound card (Sonic Vibes PCI)
AOC 15" SVGA .28 dp NIEPA-compliant digital control monitor
Epson 720 x 720 photo-quality color ink jet printer w/IEEE (?)
MS Intellimouse w/pad
Win95 B
Corel WP suite 8
Quicken SE
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia 1997
Groliers Multimedia Encyclopedia 1998
Many other edutainment  titles including ADAM, 2 atlases, games,etc.
Win 95 keyboard
Altec Lansing speakers
3 year parts/labor warranty on the computer
1 year parts/labor warranty on the printer
1 year software reload warranty
Toll-free tech support
ALL MASTER DISKS and CD's

<(|:-0)puff, puff>
That sounds like an awful lot for the bux, and may fall into the category of
"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Indeed, when my friend
showed the specs to some local VARs and assemblers, one recommended she call
the BBB in the company's area to check up on them. This she plans to do.

Has anyone had any experience with this company or their products? I need to
know pro and/or con quickly, because this deal is only good until Friday,
Feb. 13. (Ominous date, that . . . )

Thanks in advance,

Paul A. Shippert                                     Library/Media
Specialist
                      Margaret Brent Middle School
web: www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/index.htm
Phone: 301-884-4635                                  FAX: 301-884-8937
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