Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!pesnta!qumix!ittvax!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!james From: james@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Orphaned Response Message-ID: <1835@inmet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 00:42:49 EST Article-I.D.: inmet.1835 Posted: Tue Nov 27 00:42:49 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 04:20:33 EST Lines: 46 Nf-ID: #R:gloria:-66500:inmet:6200006:177600:1887 Nf-From: inmet!james Nov 25 15:22:00 1984 I have bought a couple of Leading Edge PC's for company work. I have been very happily surprised at the quality of the hardware and the documentation. (first thing to check on a compatible is the user manual- can you get real hard core technical info: port addresses, logic diagrams, etc) The h/w is made by Mitsubishi (here comes Japan, Inc.). Very nicely done- circuit boards are solid, the components are of good commercial quality. They have a couple nice features like the 7.16 Mhz clock, and an onboard realtime clock. The machine (monochrome version, hard disk) is COMPATIBLE. I haven't found anything reasonable that doesn't work, with one exception noted below. Works: Lotus, MS Flight simulator, Supercalc, PC-DOS (as opposed to MSDOS), MS Project, Wordstar Doesn't work: Concurrent PC-DOS (DRI's new multitasking version of CPM/86. I don't know yet if this is the LE or the s/w. Warning: The color graphics version seems to have some compatibility problems. I get the impression the graphics board comes from a different vendor, and is not of as high a quality as the rest of the stuff. Good points: The fast clock (makes Flight Simulator much smoother) Quiet, fast floppy drives with self-eject doors. Comes bundled with MSDOS 2.1, and LeadingEdgeWordProcessor. Generally sold with 256 k, which means a memory option board bundled in, with space for chips up to 640k. They advertise a 1 year warranty and a hotline, but I have yet to need to test these. Bad points: Rumors abound about the financial stability of Leading Edge. Very noisy fan (I would just replace it). A keyboard that mimics the horrible layout of the IBM, with not such a nice touch. Bottom line: I think the LE is the best buy of the moment in PC compatibles, the price is unbeatable. We get the hard disk mono version for about $2400. James Triplett