Message-ID: <2462@tektronix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-May-84 23:22:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: tektroni.2462
Posted: Wed May  2 23:22:45 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 6-May-84 00:49:55 EDT
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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Well, folks, I got 3 responses to my request for Vectrex reliability 
information.  Two of them suggested that it would be hard to go wrong buying
a backup machine, since it would probably cost at least that much to get 
one fixed if it broke, and you could probably always sell it for what you
paid for it.

The third response was about a machine with dead sound out of the box that
was repaired by the buyer, and he's had no further problems, despite some
creative use by his strange friends (stuffing peanut butter up the air vents!).

My original assumption was that they were likely to fail frequently, so I was
surprised by the absence of horror stories.

Thanks to all those who responded.   Kim Rochat
				     tektronix!kimr
				     tektronix!kimr@berkeley.ARPA