Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!ais.org!jph From: jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Anyone actually own an 040 Amiga? Message-ID: Date: 14 May 91 20:13:26 GMT References: <1991May13.113026@alamo.Berkeley.EDU> <1991May13.190307.4383@wam.umd.edu> <1991May14.124913.9400@sugar.hackercorp.com> Organization: UMCC Lines: 24 peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <1991May13.190307.4383@wam.umd.edu> ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe) writes: >> >Conversly, the C=64 I bought 6-7 years ago for $395.- is now worth >> >between $1150.- to $1500.- >> I must have missed something...this WAS a joke, right? (Or perhaps an >> intentional jab from a NeXT owner trying to make amiga owners look silly?) >You missed something. It's called the Amiga Power-Up program. You get those >sorts of discounts on an Amiga 3000 in trade for an earlier Commodore machine. >And you get to keep the old machine. Woah, Pete, contradiction here? All you need to give up is the front cover of your manual. Write the serial number of your machine on it and give it to the dealer. *BAM* Instantly, you're holding a $1150 piece of cardboard in your hand. >-- >Peter da Silva. `-_-' >. -- Joseph Hillenburg jph@irie.ais.org