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From: calway@ecsvax.UUCP (James Calloway)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Not at summer CES?
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Date: Thu, 9-May-85 23:40:23 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 23:40:23 1985
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As you've probably heard by now, Atari made a last-minute decision to
attend the COMDEX in Atlanta. And as several people on the net have
speculated, Atari will work out of a hotel suite in Chicago while the
Consumer Electronics Show is in progress. They now say they will sell the 
520ST through computer dealers ONLY, and not through mass market outlets.
This is a reversal of a position they stated less than two weeks ago.
The 520ST ships in the U.S. on July 8. It will sell in a package
with hi-res monochrome monitor and single-sided 3 1/2 inch disk drive
(500K unformatted, 360K formatted) for $799. Computer alone will be
$499 later on.
The Wall Street Journal reported today (May 9) that the machine is about
to ship in Europe, and Atari Canada still says they will ship it by the 
end of the month. In the U.S., selected users groups will get a
chance to buy it before July.


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