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From: grogers@uiucdcs.UUCP (grogers )
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Subject: April PC World notes... - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 22:27:28 EST
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uiucdcs!grogers    Mar  7 21:55:00 1984

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According to the April issue of PC World:

	The PCjr is assembled by Teledyne, not IBM, from parts that come
	mostly from non-IBM sources.  The interesting thing is that
	the chairman of Teledyne, Henry Singleton, is on the Apple board
	of directors.

hhmmm...


Also in the April issue is a look at 40 pc compatibles, complete with a
6 page foldout chart that shows the typical configuration of each system
including list price.  They "tested" most computers that claim to be ibm-pc
compatible, or that use the Intel 808x (or 8018x) processors, or that use
some version of MS-DOS.  The reason for including those machines that are
not claimed to be compatable by "their makers" is that the systems can
sometimes read/write pc disks or will benifit from the pc software explosion.


greg rogers
university of illinois, urbana-champaign
...uiucdcs!grogers