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From: SAGE@LL.LL.MIT.EDU
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Subject: Amstrad 3.5" Diskettes
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Date: 16 Jul 90 21:03:15 GMT
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   I have an overstock of these diskettes.  We had high hopes that Z3PLUS
would become very popular with the Amstrad crowd in Europe.  As a result,
I bought a second-hand Amstrad to develop a custom version of Z3PLUS and
to produce the diskettes.  I also bought a supply of those ridiculously
expensive diskettes.  A hundred of them cost about as much as the whole
computer, with its extra high-density disk drive and serial port!

   Well, it turns out that those Amstrad folks are about the least
sophisticated computer users in the world, even the ones who consider
themselves super-intelligent and belong to Mensa (there is a user group
in the US for Amstrad owners that is loosely affiliated with Mensa).
They basically just live in their Locoscript wordprocessor, and that is
it.  Consequently, I have far more of these diskettes than I can use,
and I would like to see them doing someone some good.  I am willing to
ship them to anyone in the US postpaid at $35 per box of 10.  This is
less than I paid dealer-wholesale in quantity and is less than the price
in England, where competition appears to keep the price a little less
outrageous.

   This offer is good while supplies last.  My kids make good use of
Locoscript on the Amstrad, and an order for Z-System software comes
along every so often, so I will keep a few extra disks on hand.  I should
be able to part with five or six boxes.

-- Jay Sage