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From: stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Atari 400 RAM/keyboard upgrade (& cheap machines)
Message-ID: <687@hou2g.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 11:52:21 EDT
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Sears is selling Ataris real cheap - 600XL for $34.99, and 800XL
for $49.99.  Oddly, the prices on the display models had not been
changed for months.  One sign for the 800XL read $179.99 and
another $69.99.  Is this a sophisticated marketing technique?

Since the 600XL ($35) and 1200XL (free) are so cheap they are
great candidates for modification/augmentation.  For about $5
one should be able to bring the 600XL up to 64K giving it 800XL
capability (but no monitor output) in a smaller package. Another
idea is to "compatibalize" the 1200XL by replacing the OS ROM
with 400/800 ROMS (widely and cheaply available).

Has anyone undertaken either of these projects?

Jim