I ran some service calls on Columbia pc's around 1987. As I was raised
in the Washington, DC suburbs (Silver Spring, Maryland) and had been
to Columbia, Maryland (which is located halfway between Washington and
Baltimore many times, I was surprised when reading the documentation
of the pc which stated it was made in Columbia, Maryland. Several
years later I needed to order a replacement motherboard and discovered
they had moved to Florida.
Marty
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Subject: Re: Collectable PCs
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 11/9/98 4:10 PM
Innfogra_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/9/98 8:37:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> Marty_at_itgonline.com writes:
>
> << Does your Columbia list it as having been made in Columbia, Maryland?
> I believe their early pc's were made in Columbia, Maryland, later they
> moved to Florida.
> >>
> I will look. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. i will let you know
when
> I find out.
> Paxton
I have 3 Columbia portable XT's.. Didn't know they were made in Florida.
Could be why there seem to be so many in the thrift stores down here in
Florida..
I have never been able to find anything on the internet about these
machines, looked everywhere and nothing found..
If anyone has any web sites with info on them, or knows some history on
them sure would like to hear from you...
Phil...
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