From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!info-terms Newsgroups: fa.info-terms Title: Re: Modem prices Article-I.D.: ucbvax.7674 Posted: Tue Jun 15 16:44:50 1982 Received: Fri Jun 18 03:06:59 1982 >From lacasse@RAND-UNIX Tue Jun 15 16:46:07 1982 Re: your American Computer Group (formerly American Used Computer) price quote. In 1979 at MIT, I managed the "rebuilding" of an 11/45 system bought from American Used Computer. It was purchased a year before I got involved. The way I heard the story, American had guaranteed the machine would work for 30 days, and that it was assembled and thoroughly tested at their site before shipping. The boards were poorly chosen (compatability), were out of ECO revision to various degrees, and several parts of the machine did not function. They did not honor their warranty. Rand bought a DH-11 from American (which I heard about after the fact), and paid DEC about $5,000 to make the strange collection of boards work. Of course, this may all be idle rumor... Mark LaCasse Rand Corporation 1700 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90406 213/393-0411