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- From: djlewis@ualr.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: What's the scoop behind "Reveal" components?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.163106.1@ualr.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 16:31:06 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.163227.24551@hemlock.cray.com>
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- Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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- In article <1992Nov16.163227.24551@hemlock.cray.com>, rice@cray.com (Jonathan Rice) writes:
- >
- > Computer stores around here are saturated with components packaged under the
- > "Reveal" brand name. The package design suggests that a corner of the label
- > is being pulled back, and printed in the corner (as if it were being
- > revealed, get it?) one sees notations such as "From the Colorado Mountain
- > family of tape drives" or "From the Conner family of disk drives."
- > Everything from tape to modems is represented.
- >
- > What's the connection between Reveal and the original brands? Are they
- > simply OEM'ing the genuine stuff? Cloning it?
- >
- > --
- > Jonathan C. Rice | rice@zizania.cray.com | ...uunet!cray!rice
- Down here in President Elect country
- BEST BUYS inc stores is selling computer accessories under the
- REVEAL label. I feel the idea behind it is that you know from the markings
- on the carton / box that you are getting a familiar product. Inside there
- is the original product (which might be a second level OEM product).
- For example I bought the REVEAL Multimedia Video Card. The box was marked
- by STB in the corner. I called STB and they confirmed it was their product
- yet they get it from CIRRUS and sell it as an STB product, rom labels manual
- and all. My manual is STB. I love the card. And STB supports the warranty
- as well as tech support.
- hope this helps,
- Don Lewis
- Systems Tech Support
- UALR
- Little Rock, AR.
-