Display article   Subject:  October 1992
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TANDY USER GROUP NEWSLETTER...........................OCTOBER 1992

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Corporation/Radio Shack.  The company cannot be responsible for
inaccuracies or for information which changes prior to or after
publication.

Send questions/suggestions to:  Ed Juge, Director of Market
Planning, Radio Shack, 700 One Tandy Center, Fort Worth, TX
76102.


Tandy Factory Direct !

This is the program I've been waiting to tell you about.  It is
the most exciting change in Radio Shack's computer marketing
program in some time.  The bottom line is, it brings you the very
best of three worlds... Tandy computer reliability, Radio Shack
local support and service and factory-direct pricing.

It works like this... You visit your local Radio Shack store and
look over the brochure.  Fill out an order form to custom
configure your own PC.  While you wait, the store will phone our
Texas factory and confirm the configuration for you.  You pay for
the computer, and the store completes the order with the factory.

Your PC will be custom built to your specifications.  The
software is installed and pre-configured.  The system is tested,
"burned in," and shipped directly to you within two working days.
By the way, you get a nameplate for the computer that says,
"Custom Made for [your name]." Factory Direct will begin this
month, offering a new line of Tandy OMNI Profile  486 computers.

Tandy OMNI Profile PCs are available with Intel 486SX (25 or
33MHz), 486DX/33, or super-fast 50 or 66MHz DX2 processors.  Both
of the SX versions are equipped with OverDrive Processor sockets
for upgradability, and all systems can be upgraded to the top-of-
the-line 66MHz system.

All units have a minimum of 2 MB RAM, one 3.5-inch 1.44 MB floppy
drive, two open 5.25-inch drive bays and room internally for a
3.5-inch 1.6"-high hard drive.  Each PC has 512KB of video RAM,
expandable to 1 MB, and a built-in Windows graphics accelerator on
the system board.  Expansion slots are provided for two
half-length and three full-length, 16-bit compatible cards.  Each
includes a 145-watt power supply, two serial ports, one parallel
port and two connectors into which either a mouse or keyboard may
be plugged.  The mouse/keyboard connectors are auto-sensing, so
it doesn't matter which device is plugged into which connector.
The MS-DOS. 5.0 operating system and America On-Line software are
provided with each system, and pre-loaded, along with Microsoft.
Windows  3.1 software, at the factory on all hard drive orders.

"So what's left," you might ask, "to custom configure?"  Quite a
bit!  You select from the five CPUs; two keyboards; RAM from 4 to
40 MB,  external cache of 0, 64, 128 or 256 KB; your first and/or
second hard drive can be one of five ranging from 107 to 340 MB
(IDE); multimedia options and more.

Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed!

Each OMNI Profile computer carries a one year parts and labor
warranty.  Each also includes a 30-day, money-back satisfaction
guarantee.  Just return it to your local store, and we'll issue a
credit to your charge card or a refund check.  You can't lose!

For only $99, the warranty can be extended with a special service
plan option which doubles the standard warranty to two years and
gives you access to 90 days of toll-free telephone support.

What happens on the off-chance your new computer reaches you in
non-working order?  You return it to your store, and a
replacement is built on a priority basis and shipped.  Okay, so
how about prices?  They're great!  In fact, we intend to win the
price wars!  For example,  a 486SX/25 with 4 MB RAM, 120 MB hard
drive, standard keyboard and Super VGA monitor will retail for
$1699 through participating Radio Shack stores and dealers
nationwide.  That is below the price of any similar system I have
seen advertised lately, including AST, Compaq, Dell.

By the time you read this, your local Radio Shack store should be
prepared to go over pricing and options with you for your own
custom made Tandy OMNI Profile computer. Short & Sweet!

Although I wrote about them earlier, the formal introductions of
VIS and Sensation!, along with several out-of-town trips,  have
occupied much of my time this past few weeks.  Tomorrow, I start
a week vacation.  So, this will be very short and sweet this month.

See you in November...
