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From: myers@odin.ucsd.edu (Margaret Myers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Is Atari Going Down for the Count
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Date: 14 Nov 89 07:26:42 GMT
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Yesterday, I went to my favorite local Atari store here in San Diego.  
Only it wasn't an Atari store anymore.  After searching behind all the
Commodore Amigas and PC clones I finally found a lonely Mega ST.  All
Commodores were busily running demo programs.  The ST looked like a 
nice spider motel.

Getting to the point.  This used to be an all Atari store  -- back when
I bought my ST in 1985 -- Which makes me ask the question, "WHAT 
HAPPENED?"

I like my ST but I am getting worried about the prospect of not having a 
dealer in town (San Diego is a fairly big town).  

How can Atari expect to survive selling a machine that computer 
sales people have a hard time getting excited about?  Unless the STE and 
the TT come out real soon there isn't going to be any support for 
Atari computers.



Not Atari bashing -- just commenting nervously...

MM