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1977-12-31
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COMPUTER MANIA HITS THE STREETS (Dec 17, 1988)
The computer bug is afflicting thousands of new users this Christmas,
with the spectrum becoming a hotly sought after item. Amstrad has
already run out of supplies of the spectrum 128k+2 and it's unlikely
that any more will be appearing until after the seasonal rush is over.
The high street chain store Dixons sold out of spectrum 128k+2's and
is reported to have placed a massive 50,000 unit order with Amstrad
which simply could not be filled. "If you find a plus 2 in a Dixon's
you'll be very lucky" said one branch manager.
For suppliers Amstrad, marketing manager Anthony Sethill said
"Demand for this machine has been much better than even we
anticipated, it's been fantastic. We'll be trying to fulfil demand as
soon as possible." He declined to comment on Dixons' alleged
unfulfilled order and was unable to give a date for new shipments of
the machine. Dixons' headquarters refused also point blank to discuss
the matter.
The +2 sales come despite criticisms that the expansion
socket on the latest machine is incompatible with earlier models.
With the +2 such a rarity, sales of the disk based machine
are taking off. Previously, the +3 has never even come close to its
older brother in popularity, but now sales are said to have
mushroomed.