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^DFEATURE VULCAN'S COMPUTER BUYER'S GUIDE^E |Computer Shopper 
                                          VULCAN'S COMPUTER BUYER'S GUIDE 
            A QUICK COMPARISON CHART 
By Hard Nosed Harry of Adam News Network.  (See related article)

  FEATURE VULCAN'S COMPUTER BUYER'S GUIDE |Computer Shopper 
                                                   | 
PHYSICAL SAFETY GOOD | BAD, high risk of 
                                                   | hernia due to weight
                                                   | 
HAS ADAM NEWS/COLUMN YES (Faye Deere) | NO. (Nothing Adam)
                                                   | 
USE AS FLY SWATTER GOOD (weight is | BAD (too heavy to 
                             sufficent for good | (swat effectively)
                             swatting speed,kill) | 
                                                   | 
DISCOUNT TO USER GROUPS YES* | NO
                                                   | 
WHEEL BARROW REQUIREMENTS NONE (easy to move) | YES, Due to Size and
                                                   | weight, wheel barrow
                                                   | required to move)
                                                   | 
EASE OF FINDING INFORMATION GOOD (enough pages | POOR (too many pages
                             (to allow easy usage) | to find information 
                              & finding info) | easily) 
                                                   | 
DECISION MAKING FACTOR GOOD (enough ads | POOR (perhaps 28 ads 
                           to give a reasonable | for an item, makes 
                           choice) | for long drawn out 
                                                   | decision making )
                                                   | 
EYE STRAIN LEVEL ACCEPTABLE | UNACCEPTABLE (too 
                                                   | many pages to read) 
                                                   | 
TOILET TISSUE USE FAIR (slightly smooth)| POOR (Coarse to 
                                                   | rough)
                                                   | 
PRICE GREAT* | HEAVY (like magazine)
                                                   |
  *Special price to User Group members $8.95 for |
      12 monthly issues.  |
                                                   | 
FAMILAR ADVERTISERS YES | YES 
 (Found old favorites such as PANASONIC, COMPUTER--|--DIRECT, MICRO CONNEC- 
 TIONS, COMPUMART, MEI/MICRO, MICRO STAR, SILICON--|--EXPRESS,US MICRO,ETC.)
                                                   | 
LOW PRICE ITEMS YES | YES 
 (Found low price disks, printer ribbons,printers, | monitors,supplies,etc.)
                                                   |
                                                     | 
HARD NOSE HARRY'S RECOMMENDATION |
                       STRONG YES SUBSCRIBE NOW | NO !  WHY SUPPORT A 
                                                   | Magazine that doesn't
                                                   | Support ADAM, NO WAY
                                                   |
    COMPUTER BUYER'S GUIDE, POBOX 55886, BIRMINGHAM, AL. 35255 
 $8.95 for one full year BUT put down the Computer Group you belong to on your order to qualify for the reduced price (such as the BBS group you are reading this on or the newsletter you are reading this in, etc.).
  
 
R--|--DIRECT, M
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