RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] News Alert from NYTimes.com: Hewlett-Packard to Buy Compaq

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Compaq seems to follow Packard Bells lead.  My motherboard could only handle
40 mb of memory, the A: drive could only be a special order from Compaq (or
McGuiver'd in, as I didn't want to pay for one), the motherboard itself is
inaccessible with hands larger than an infants, and the BIOS is inaccessible
for all practical purposes.  Lucky for me, torque wrenches work on it, so I
was able to install my 56k modem (which lightning took out less than two
weeks later).

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Miller [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 1:42 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] News Alert from NYTimes.com:
Hewlett-Packard to Buy Compaq


On Fri, 1 Jan 1904, Neil Bradshaw wrote:

> I believe Hacker's Hell, eh, Packard Bell is slated for a comeback.
> Why wouldn't NEC just let them die, why?

I wish they had!  My dad bought an NEC a couple of years ago.  I was
shocked and disappointed when I opened it up and saw that it was basically
"Packard Bell Inside": hideous, bizarre motherboard with zero possibility
of future upgrade.

Mike

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