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From: huebner@aero.aero.org (Robert Huebner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: What's the difference????
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Date: 1 Nov 90 22:27:58 GMT
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In article <FocXR4w163w@valnet>, joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P.
Hillenburg) writes:
|> graham@venus.iucf.indiana.edu (JIM GRAHAM) writes:
|> >        I guess this means that if I don't need a monitor,
|> >        then I can't get an educational discount at all.
|> > 
|> >        Is this true?
|> 
|> Yes.
No.  (Even Howard Diamond himself responded to this misconception!)
You are allowed to mix and match under the educational discount plans.
Although the package prices are a bit lower than the mix-and-match system,
as long as you buy a CPU, you can buy any combination of items you like.

(Disclaimers in case of an out-of-date list)

For instance, the CPU-only price (still includes AV) is $479.
External floppy $129 (face it, you can still do better!), and so on.
So without getting the monitor, you save about $190 when compared to the
package price.  Ask you local dealer for a copy of the Commodore 
"Education Purchase Program Individual & Institution Price List".

Judging by all the confusion and misconceptions surrounding this educational
program, It seems Commodore's policy of non-disclosure has spilled over a 
bit :)

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Robert Huebner		huebner@aerospace.aero.org
			The Aerospace Corporation
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