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From: bryan@ihnet.UUCP (b. k. delaney)
Newsgroups: net.micro,net.micro.atari,net.micro.cbm
Subject: Amiga vs. ST
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 08:45:21 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 31 08:45:21 1985
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I hate to dampen the Amiga fire, but the Amiga is a doomed machine.
How can I say this before 1 Amiga is sold?  Simple, this is history
repeating it self, all over again.  Remember the Comodore C-64 and
the Atari 800?  It was obvious to anybody, who seriously looked at
BOTH machines, that the 800 was a better computer.  But the Atari
cost twice as much.  Guess which one, really sold.  Want more proof?
Looked what happened last December, Atari sells 1/2 million 800XLs
at 89.95 while C-64 sales down 90%, and most people thought C-64
sales down due to "soft market", how come Atari sold 1/2 million,
price/performance.  Enough history here is today:

Amiga 256k 1 internal floppy	$1295.00	"better machine"
Atari ST-260 1 internal floppy	$ 499.00	"1/2 the price"

Need I say more ?

				ihnet!bryan
				Bryan K. DeLaney
				AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville IL