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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!geac!zooid!kovarski
- From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: Re: Buying a Falcon (was: Falcon Graphics)
- Organization: ZOOiD BBS
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 15:37:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.153742.21904@zooid.guild.org>
- References: <Bu1Dyu.IA0@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1992Sep4.151149.8953@newshost.lanl.gov> <1992Sep07.114324.123106@rrz.uni-koeln.de>
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- kim@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de writes:
- >In <1992Sep4.151149.8953@newshost.lanl.gov> hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson) writes:
- >
- >>As a developer, I'm just curious... how many folks in this newsgroup actually do
- >>intend to buy a Falcon when (and if) they become readily available at say, about
- >>US$799 for a 1Mb, _no_ hard drive model (which will _not_ multitask in this
- >>configuration)? How much will a 4Mb, 65Mb HD model cost? Atari has not released
- >>pricing info yet but if $799 is about right for the low end, we would surely be
- >>talking about $1299 or so, don't you think? And you'll also need a VGA monitor.
- >
- >If the Falcon with 4 MB and 60MB HD becomes available at around
- >DM 1,800.--, I will probably buy one as soon as they appear in
- >the stores. If it is more expensive, I'll wait until next year,
- >hoping the prices will lower after christmas. And, I will surely
- >check out the price for the 14MB RAM model, since with MultiTOS
- >you can't have too much memory, but I'm afraid I'll be unable to
- >afford it.
- >
- >Greetinx, Jan
- >
- > +- Jan Kim -- X.400: S=kim;OU=vax;O=mpiz-koeln;P=mpg;A=dbp;C=de -+
- > | Internet: kim@vax.mpiz-koeln.mpg.dbp.de |
- > | |
- > *----=< hierarchical systems are for files, not for humans >=-----*
-
- How much is a 486/50 MHz (or 33MHz DX) with 120 Meg HD, OS/2 2.0, 8 MB RAM,
- SVGA Monitor, Case, Keyboard etc.? I have some promotion flyers from
- Austria but they are a bit out of date. I would really like to know the
- prices they charge in germany or any other european country.
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- Did anyone buy the Falcon030 at the Duesseldorf show? I think people are more
- cautious this time around and they will REALLY think hard before purchasing
- any Atari equipment. I agree, it offers some unique features but you can say
- this with every computer on the market.
-
- In North America Atari Corporation is as good as dead. They don't have
- anything to offer what corporate customers want and what the average user
- want. Will I buy one, NO. Definetely not. Why? I will be in the same
- position as with the STE, MSTE, TT etc. Does it offer anything that I would
- want? NO. Will Atari Corporation ever smarten-up? No, they never did and
- will never do. The company is run by a bunch of clowns, that's the only
- expression I would use (I guess slang should not be used).
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- I have just purchased a system which costs the same as 5-6 Falcon computers.
- It offers all I would ever want and much more. I know it will be supported
- and supported well. Software is available everywhere and I can go and buy
- anything for it everywhere.
-
- Mark K.
- E-Mail: kovarski@zooid.guild.org
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