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From: nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather)
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Subject: Re: End of the PCjr
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Date: Thu, 21-Mar-85 11:32:59 EST
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> Does anyone know the details about the demise of the jr?
> If so, please fill us in.
> 
> Robert Evatt
> AT&T Bell Labs, Allentown, PA

Exactly this pattern of events was predicted last fall in the newsletter
"Dtack Grounded".  The author (Felgercarb N. Eloi aka Hal Hardenbergh)
colorfully described the huge inventory of PC Jrs. piling up in warehouses,
and predicted IBM would "enhance" the Jr. just enough to the things off the
shelves and save the corporate image, then drop the product -- exactly what
has happened.

I dread reading the next issue -- Felgercarb is not terribly modest.

-- 
Ed Nather
Astronony Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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