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From: jmh@ukc.UUCP (Jim Hague)
Newsgroups: net.internat
Subject: Re: I hate to say I told you so...
Message-ID: <586@eagle.ukc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 06:11:37 EST
Article-I.D.: eagle.586
Posted: Wed Jan 15 06:11:37 1986
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In article <1762@cbosgd.UUCP> mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) writes:
>I never understood why the British decided to put their currency symbol
>on top of the 3 and leave the $ on shift 4, instead of putting their
>currency symbol in the "currency symbol" slot.

Good grief. Have we ? Somebody'd better get round to telling Acorn ...
Seems a pretty potty decision. Where's your sterling, UK users ?

>Yeah, you've got it rough over there with no Amigas.  On the other hand,
>I understand Commodore has released a UNIX box with a high res bitmap
>display, costing a typical Commodore price, but only in Europe.

Interesting definition of a no-frills yucko-PC clone. My understanding
of the Amiga delay is that the video chip had to be redesigned to stuff
out PAL, which doesn't seem unreasonable. I somehow doubt the existance
of high-powered Commodore executives conspiring to withold Amigas from
a steadily-more-desperate Europe :-)

On a more appropriate note, can we please stop all this cross-Atlantic
bitching - or at least move it to net.intercontinental.squabbles. Sad to
say both sides appear equally culpable (am I the only one who finds nearly
all the UK stupidity emanating from one site ? I won't say who), so
please everybody try and keep this a little more civil, or maintain a
dignified silence. To which state my return is now overdue.
-- 
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