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Packard Bell was not AST.  AST actually made some almost worthwhile computers (if you can tolerate a Microsoft OS) while Packard Bell just made crap.
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Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at gmail.com>
> It was bought back by the guy who ran AST. He tried to restart it but 
> failed, gave up, and now owns the Beverly Hills Hilton (IIRC). AFAIK he 
> couldn't give a rat's ass about TRS-80 / Coco matters.
> 
> http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2004/02/23/tidbits1.html
> 
> "Remember Benny Alagem? He's the former Israeli tank commander who founded 
> computer maker Packard Bell Electronics Inc. in Westlake Village in 1986.
> 
> After the 1993 Northridge quake, Alagem moved the company to Sacramento into 
> the vacated space at the U.S. Army's recently closed Sacramento Depot.
> 
> That operation grew, shrank and eventually was sold to become Packard Bell 
> NEC Inc., then closed its operation for good in Sacramento in 2000."
> 
> Neil
> 
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> From: <wdg3rd at comcast.net> 
> 
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