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From: ixl9261@ritcv.UUCP (Ilia Levi)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari,net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: The real debate begins: Atari ST vs Commodore 128
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 17:13:40 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 10 17:13:40 1986
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In article <330@3comvax.UUCP> mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>Does Jack Tramiel think he can get away with undercutting his competition,
>retailing his products at K-MART type outlets, and forcing the competition
>to drop their prices (and eventually drop out of business) again?  The latest 
>I have heard is that Tramiel has (for the second time now) got all of his
>distributors upset by lowering the price of the ST to about $400, and
>diverting his distribution to K-MART.  Apparently AT&T will also sell
>the ST as a low end UNIX terminal.
> ...
>as the mid-priced REAL Computer (I can't help but think of a $400 computer
>as anything but a TOY - albeit a great toy).
>

I totally aggree. I think that Jack Tramiel should make the price of the ST
$400 higher than Amiga's, then it's going to sell like pancakes and be a
much more powerful computer.  :-)
I bought my Atari 800 for $900 several years ago and it's a lot better computer
than the $400 Atari 800 you could buy several years later. :-)