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- Path: grafix.xs4all.nl!rdingem
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 00:12:55 GMT+1
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- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
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- From: rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl (Ruud Dingemans)
- Message-ID: <rdingem.4l2y@grafix.xs4all.nl>
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- In a message of 10 Mar 96 Robert J Goos wrote to All:
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- RJG> the engineering was done, and purchased by Escom for a song. Now, I
- RJG> agree that AT/Escom had a large task to get the production lines going
- RJG> again with such a small staff, but REALLY...all they had to do was get
-
- Your "all" is still a heckofalot of work for such a small team. Don't
- forget they just had a couple of people in mid-'95...
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- RJG> production going again. All of the hard work had been done. There is
- RJG> no excuse for the high prices of either the 1200 or the 4000.
-
- Not quite true. The 4000 is too expensive for most of us now, but
- the A1200 is back to it's old price level here in Holland and
- in Germany (before CBM started dumping them to gain cash, that is).
- In the UK, things are different. But stating that the price is
- too high is only partly true.
-
- RJG> think it would be silly to ask almost $3000 for a new 386 today? That
- RJG> is exactly what AT/Escom is trying to do...sell 1992 technology in
- RJG> 1996 for 1992 prices.
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- Guess what, the successful A500 had 1985 technology in 1989/90. And
- CBM sold millions of them, albeit in an "easier" market.
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- Regards, Ruud
- rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl
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