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From: rtb@ihlpm.UUCP (Todd)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: New Atari Toy Computer
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Date: Wed, 8-Jan-86 17:15:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  8 17:15:53 1986
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> Say, toy stores everywhere are going to be carrying a new spiffy neato
> toy computer from atari. Its called the 520 ST or something. Can't wait
> till my local K-Mart gets them (for about three hundred dollars). Maybe
> I'll get a few of them and give them away to small children I know. Hope
> there aren't any toxic easily swallowable parts! Wasn't atari supposedly
> getting into the *real* computer market or was that some other company?
 
Fine, when I stop in at K-mart to buy my toy Sony TV and my toy
Frigidaire freezer I will pick up my toy computer too.

> Too bad about all the poor folks who payed full price (and defended their
> action so eloquently on the net). 

Who payed full price, I didn't. The unbundled prices I've seen announced
aren't any cheaper than you could get if you shopped around before. The
only difference is that now you can buy the computer, screen, and
disk drive separately.  The announced prices are: Color monitor $400,
Disk Drive $200, Computer $400. A complete system (color) will still retail
for $1000. I payed $925 for the same system and I have a friend who
payed $825 mail order.