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From: eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence)
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Subject: $$$ '040 accelerator cost  $$$  ALSO an added feature
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Date: 24 Feb 91 20:16:10 GMT
Sender: eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence)
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Brad Hathaway inquired about the cost of these accelerators.

When I called Total Systems, the gal I talked to said they were going to
retail at $2999, but through March they were having an "introductory offer"
of around $2000.  

Added feature:  Their product information (I just loooove 800 numbers, don't 
you?)  indicates that the Magellan has a processor direct slot on the board 
itself, so you can still add video or whatever.  (They had a name for it, but
it escapes me.)  Also, they said they've published the specs for this slot,
"to encourage the development of [slot name]."  I'm wondering: wouldn't this
second board have to pull the viscious u-turn to fit in an si?

See my next posting for what I'd like to see developers come out with.

--Andrew Laurence
  eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu

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