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From: ytsuji@wucc.waseda.ac.jp (Y.Tsuji)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ST Software from British distributors
Summary: British stuff are nearly compatible.
Message-ID: <5904@wucc.waseda.ac.jp>
Date: 24 Jun 91 12:06:51 GMT
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Organization: The Centre for Informatics, WASEDA Univ.
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An American buying software from UK won't have much trouble as you say.
Given the same TOS, the difference is only a few keyboard assignments (
@,~,# or something like it). The situation is much better than getting
software from other part of Europe: the keyboards are very different!
But if you don't hit a key, the program should run without a hitch.

One thing worthy to note: when UK vendors export, they cannot charge the
notorious 17 per cent Value Added Tax. And 17 per cent is usually cheaper
than the air mail parcel post cost.

Cheers,
Tsuji