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From: chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IBM vs AMIGA cost
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Date: 20 Mar 90 23:39:00 GMT
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In article <1607@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>1985. and they were not that expensive even then. I know, I bought mine then.
>The monitor was about $500, the A1000 was about $1300. You said $2500 for 
>just the Amiga 1000. I say you got ripped off or are remembering wrong.

I think the 1000 was more than $1300, wasn't it?  Much closer to $2000, if
I remember correctly.  Certainly not more than $2000, though.  (I bought mine
Nov. 10, 1985, and the price DID come down quite a bit shortly thereafter; I
distinctly remember the feeling of being screwed.)

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