Digital Microsystems DMS-3F, DEC Rainbow, TS 1000

From: Alexios Chouchoulas <alexios_at_vennea.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sun Apr 6 19:06:09 1997

> I also saw a DEC Rainbow. However, it is priced at $89.95--way more than I
> am used to pay. Does a DEC Rainbow worth this much?

  Probably not, in the States. Anyway, mine is in Europe and I got it for
free. It's been used for less than 100 hours; it's got all the original
software including lots of disks. Tower "case" (actually a box that makes
the desktop case look bulkier and more mini-like), colo{,u}r monitor and
display card, 300 baud acoustic coupler, printer. The owner really was
careful with his machine: he even gave me the official DEC screen cleaning
liquid! :-)

  Btw, is it true that you can't format disks on the Rainbow and need DEC
preformatted ones instead?

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