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From: spock@wrkof.incom.de (Martin Georg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Price for //e card
Keywords: Apple Press Release
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.084731.23282@wrkof.incom.de>
Date: 18 Oct 90 08:47:31 GMT
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In article <6360169@ub.cc.umich.edu> Tabakal@ub.cc.umich.edu writes:
>I'm somewhat surprised that no one has commented on the price for the
>new Macintosh LC //e emulation card.  Apple's press release states that
>it will be available in March '91 for $199.  I have to assume that
>they will make no profit on a card for this price.  Assume dealers
>will get it for about half of that.  So, Apple wants people to buy
>the LC for the house and put the card in so kids can come home and
>run Stickybear or Appleworks like they do in school.  But, this 
>doesn't really address the basic deficiency in their strategy.

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Could someone, who has the complete text of the Apple Press release,
please post that here. In Germany, we only get the Press releases from
Apple Germany, and they are not going to sell the //e emulator board,
so there was no mentioning about it...

Thanks in advance

Martin Georg,
Frankfurt, Germany
----> Apple II forever! <----