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From: adams@math.berkeley.edu (Jeffrey P. Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Buying a NeXT
Keywords: buying NeXT
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Date: 30 May 90 20:35:27 GMT
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In-reply-to: paul@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul Lansky)

In article <16764@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, paul@phoenix (Paul Lansky) writes:
>Anyone who is at a college or university which doesn't have an
>agreement with NeXT, nor is collaborating with another school which 
>does, can call NeXT directly and order a machine from them at the
>university price.  I believe you call their telebusiness number,
>whatever that is.

If this is true, it's new.  Two months ago, I wanted to buy a NeXT.
I'm at UC Santa Cruz (no agreement).  I called NeXT and asked this
very question.  They told me 'no dice' and referred me to BusinessLand
at the regular price.

Jeff Adams
adams@ucscl.ucsc.edu