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From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Food for thought (was Buying an ST in Europe)
Message-ID: <3314@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 27 Aug 89 06:37:15 GMT
References: <959@pedsga.UUCP> <11490@yendor.phx.mcd.mot.com> <70411@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <21577@cup.portal.com>
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In article <21577@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
[...]
>From the above information though, it's apparent that's not true... the STs
>being shipped to Germany are NOT the same product that potentially could be
>sent to Iowa, but a specialized derivation of the generic ST product.  Their
>keyboards (and related firmware) and TOS are specifically engineered for that
>specific marketplace.

Not true.

The machine is the same. The ROMs are not, and neither are the
keyboards.
There is a british, french, german, US and probably a spanish(?) version of
the machine.

All versions are assembled on the same assembly line ('cause they are
the same...) with different Parts (ROM, keyboard and packing).

I would not call a different packing and different keycaps (the keyboard
subsystem/processor ist the same with all national keyboards)
"specifically engeneered".

hase
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