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From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Model 4P and Rumors - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 10:21:00 EDT
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trsvax!mikey    Jun 25 09:21:00 1984



The issue here is not if the 4P is going to be discontinued, but when.  I
don't think that anyone on the net really expects the 4P to last forever,
or 10 years, whichever comes first.  Technology marches on.  Where would we
be if the Model 1 was still our only computer product?  Products are
continually improved and even made cheaper to produce.  As a products
margin increases and the marketplace tightens, proces will drop and even
new products will appear.  Yes, things like the 1, 2, 3, MC-10, and Coco 1
are now history, but as far as possible, we've tried to maintain at least
some compatibility, even at the expense of some enhancements that would
have been possible.  

Back to the 4P, I will state, as JSF did before me, that the 4P has no
plans for being dumped.  There will be sales, and price reductions.  Even
redesigns to make the machine cheaper to produce, but I can virtually guarantee
that the machine is not going to be discontinued this month.  We wouldn't 
be still building them now if they were being discontinued any time soon with
the lead time that we at Tandy have to deal with.  

Please keep rumors in the rumor category and everybody will be happy, 
don't try to pass them as fact.

mikey at trsvax