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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 2.5 million ST's sold worldwide!
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Date: 25 Mar 91 09:22:47 GMT
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In article <669369942.7@egsgate.Fidonet.Org>  writes:
>I just heard that ST Format magazine (great U.K. magazine) ...
Yeah, great if you normally read Kleenex, Dixel or even Izal.

>... stated that Atari U.K. announced 2.5 million ST's sold worldwide!

The very same Atari UK that said the TT would be 1200 quid.

>  This is great.  Last time I heard it was at 1.9 to 2 million.

Well the number can only go up can't it. You can't unsell an ST. My guess
would be that sales are generally on a decline.

>S.S.

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