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From: kimes@cbnewsc.att.com (Kit Kimes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: ATARI 1040ST for sale
Message-ID: <1990Nov17.081717.18689@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 17 Nov 90 08:17:17 GMT
References: <36008@cup.portal.com>
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From article <36008@cup.portal.com>, by (Charles K Hughes):
> 
>   Is there a reason you are posting it to this group?  Most people on the net
> have some smattering of intelligence (otherwise they wouldn't be on the net,
> see?) so, if someone was looking to buy a used ST, where do you think they
> would look?  In the 8bit group?  Hardly.  We are diehard 8-bitters here
> and most of us resent this type of intrusion.  

Easy Charles, you'll make the fellow feel unwelcome.  :-)

Actually, I probably would have done the same thing.  Who better to offer
an ST to than present owners of Atari 8bit equipment?  (it is considered
an upgrade by most people).  I'm a die hard 8bitter too, but I'm sure
I'll move into the 16bit world one of these days, probably with an ST.
I don't consider it an intrusion, even though I'm not looking for an
ST now.  If someone had posted a forsale message for an IBM PC, then
I would have been upset!

Kit Kimes
AT&T Bell Labs
Naperville, IL
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