Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!hrc!force!covertr From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari 1040 ST for sale Summary: Get Real!! $1500! Sheesh! Message-ID: <481c3cf6.14a1f@force.UUCP> Date: 18 Jan 90 15:42:24 GMT References: <1534@cs.rit.edu> <10630@thor.acc.stolaf.edu> Distribution: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Organization: gte Lines: 126 I am really amazed by the total gall of some people. This guy is asking a lot of bucks for a used machine. What with the STe coming out (at least in Canada) used 1040STs are going to sell for a dime a dozen!. In article <10630@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>, pritchaj@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (John Pritchard) writes: > > Atari 1040ST computer for sale > ------------------------------ > > Don't let the name fool ya, this is a heck of a machine. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Right, until you can buy a 1040STe that is!! > > --1 meg RAM, expandable to 4 megs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Geez, that is standard in a 1040ST! > > --built in ports for modem, printer, ext. hard drive, ext. floppy > drive, MIDI in/out (great for MIDI people) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Oh boy, more standard features! > > --internal 800K 3.5" floppy drive ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, at least the guy didn't strip out the floppy drive! > > --COLOR Monitor ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hot damn, a color monitor!! I wonder if it is the Atari or some cheaper Thompson type monitor. > > --external 50 meg hard drive ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Oh boy, again no details. How old is the drive?? what was it used for?? Who made it?? Which host adapter and controller is in it?? Does it even work?? Heck, Jack doesn't say a "working" drive, just a drive. > > --image scanner that attaches to most popular printers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Oh good, a $100 item. Really adds value to this system! > > --manuals and cables for everything > > --system is mouse-based -- similar to a Mac in operation. > > --great color graphics on this thing. Mac-heads may not care about > this, but people with vision love it. > > --includes heaps of software for word processing, desktop publishing, > graphics applications, music, MIDI, games. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Would be nice if Jack said which software he is including. Or does Jack simply mean that lots of SW is available? > > --with a little extra hardware, this computer can run Mac software > faster than a Mac SE, and PC software faster than an IBM AT. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Well, let's see. Spectre 128 = $170, MAC 128K ROMS = $150 total = $329 Spectre GCR = $299 MAC 128K ROMS = $150 Total = $449 PC DITTO II = $300 > > --Dealer and user support in Mpls/St. Paul and all other large cities ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Jack, is that a promise?? Have you investigated " all other large cities"? How can you make such a statement? Especially to "comp.sys.atari.st"! > > Please help a semi-impoverished college student survive! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sounds more like a Used Car SalesSlime to me! If Jack can sell this 1040ST for $1500 I should let him sell my 3 year old 520ST also!! Heck, I have upped it to 1 meg, it has a color monitor, and an 85 meg drive. So, I should get $1500 for it, right?? > This entire system for sale for the amazingly low price of $1500. ^^^^^^^^^ Oh wow!! And after you pay Jack $1500 I have a bridge to sell you! > (Any reasonable offers will be considered, of course) > > Jack Nutting > c/o Carleton College > Northfield, MN 55057 > (507)663-4613 Gowd, I can't believe this. I can buy a brand new 1040ST with color monitor for about $800, and get a brand new 85 meg FAST FAST (28 ms) hard drive from TOAD COMPUTERS for about $709. And if you wait a couple of months you will be able to buy a new 1040STe for the same price. My feeling is that a used ST is worth at max 50 cents on the dollar versus a new ST. So, I wouldn't offer this guy more then $700-$800 for his system, including the color monitor and the hard drive.. Another thing, whhy did Jack go into so much detail describing basic features of the ST?? Doesn't Jack realize that this is "comp.sys.atari.st"? What does Jack think, that we don't know what a 1040ST is? A shorter ad would read: Used 1040ST, color monitor, printhead image scanner, 50 meg hard drive With manuals $800. See, 3 lines says it all. People like Jack should read more articles from this newsgroup before posting. A small little ad is more effective then this long bloated ad! -- Richard E. Covert, Lead Engineer of Software Tools Group AG Communications Systems, Phoenix AZ (602) - 581-4652 TCP/IP: covertr@gtephx UUCP: {ncar!noao!asuvax | uunet!zardoz!hrc | att}!gtephx!covertr