CONTACTS 
0201 - PCtown                             415 788 8696 fax 217 7731
020101 - Mr. Chris NLN

SUBJECTS
Computers
Motherboard, Intel Atlanta, 300 Pentium II
RAM, SDRAM 96 MB
Specification
Partition
Cooling Fan on CPU
Purchase Finalized

1009 -    ..
1010 - Summary/Objective
1011 -
101101 - Follow up ref SDS 3 7040, ref SDS 2 1589.
101102 -
101103 - This system will replace CPU #3, which is a 486 50 that is unable to
101104 - run W95 and the faster modems and graphics needed for Internet.
101105 -
101106 -    [On 010118 c10 having difficulties. ref SDS 9 0001
101107 -
101108 - I was going to visit
101109 -
101110 -                    Media On
101111 -                    47257 Fremont Blvd
101112 -                    Fremont. Ca
101113 -                    510 490 7998
101114 -
101115 -                    www.mediaon.com
101116 -
101117 - A few days ago, Millie saw an ad on television the other day for a 300
101118 - Mhz system for about $1,800, including a 17" monitor.
101119 -
101120 - At that time, I contacted the firm at their Web site and requested a
101121 - quote, but they have not yet responded.
101122 -
101123 - This morning I wanted to drive to their store to examine the sytem. I
101124 - called to get directions and found that Media On is not open on
101125 - Saturday.
101126 -
101127 - They have an ad on page 71 of Computer Currents 980217 - 980302
101128 - issue that shows an Expert II system for $1,849.
101129 -
101130 - This price is for a Pentium II 300 64 MB 4.3 GB 17" monitor and 56K
101131 - fax modem.
101132 -
101133 -
101134 - I saw an ad in Computer Currents and so called...
101135 -
101136 - Kingstar Computers           408 736 8590
101137 - 3081 Lawrence Expressway
101138 - Santa Clara
101139 - ..
101140 - Talked to Wendy
101141 -
101142 -      $1,890 plus tax,    =  $2,045.
101143 -
101144 -  ..
101145 - Also called...
101146 -
101147 - PCTown          415 788 8696
101148 - 176 Sutter Street
101149 -
101150 - Talked to Chris.
101151 - ..
101152 - He quoted a price of...
101153 -
101154 -     $2,127 plus tax     $2,307.80
101155 -
101156 -     ...for specification at ref DRT 1 2845.
101157 -
101158 - Chris said the sound interface is incorporated into the mainboard,
101159 - which is an Intel AL440LX (Atlanta). ref DRT 1 1910  Morris
101160 - recommended this board previously.
101161 -
101162 - I advised that we do not need speakers.
101163 -
101164 - Chris explained the price includes a W95 CD.
101165 -
101166 -
101167 -
101168 -  ..
1012 -
1013 -
1014 - 1126 Visited PCtown Computer
1015 -
101501 - Purchased system for $2,307.80.  It will be available on Wednesday.
101502 -
101503 - This seems to be about $500 cheaper than the system we considered
101504 - buying from Computer City. ref SDS 4 2626
101505 -
101506 -    [On 010118 c10 having difficulties. ref SDS 9 0001
101507 -
101508 - This price is about $250 more than the price in Sunnyvale, ref SDS 0
101509 - 1454, but it is worth it to avoid traveling 50 miles.  PCtown performs
101510 - maintenance and service.
101511 -
101512 - Received the quotation showing the complete specification. ref DRT 1
101513 - 1910
101514 -
101515 - Chris will install the 32MB of RAM, ref DRT 1 4015, we purchased
101516 - separately, ref SDS 5 3121, for the computer we purchased from
101517 - Computer City and then later returned. ref SDS 6 5656
101518 -
101519 - Chris will install the Exabyte tape drive. ref DRT 1 4015
101520 -
101521 - We will get a W95 CD that is very close to W98.
101522 -
101523 - Chris needs the software for the tape drive and a tape to test the
101524 - system.
101525 -
101526 - He will configure the system for 32 FAT rather than 16 FAT.
101527 - ..
101528 - We do not know if os2 will handle a 32 FAT system, even though
101529 - it has its own or a similar 32 FAT system.
101530 -
101531 -     [Called IBM about this on 980223. ref SDS 7 3340]
101532 -
101533 -     [On 980225 received new computer. ref SDS 8 6424]
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