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From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac Clones question at the end & (was Re: Dead mice)
Message-ID: <1989Oct28.173059.18396@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 28 Oct 89 17:30:59 GMT
References: <879@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> <21104@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <2529@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> <20404@mimsy.umd.edu>
Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery)
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As quoted from <20404@mimsy.umd.edu> by steveg@tove.umd.edu (Steve Green):
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| In article <2529@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> kscott@cca.ucsf.edu.UUCP (Kevin Scott) writes:
| ]In article <879@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb) writes:
| ]>Okay, well I've just come from our friendly campus computer center.  Anyone
| ]>want to comment as to why a replacement mouse for my Mac Plus, ...
| ]> ... costs $75 when it only contains:  4 pieces of custom plastic,
| ]
| ]In article <21104@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes:
| ]>Don't forget the Apple logo.
| ]>IT IS MADE AND SOLD BY APPLE!!!!! That's why.
| ]
| ]Agreed.
| 
| Sorry, but this is not the doing of Apple.  Its your firendly Apple dealer
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I should point out that Microsoft and Logitech mice go for $99 mail-order...
and the only difference is an extra button or two and that they are for
MiStake-DOS.  Why target just Apple?

++Brandon
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