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From: rb@ccivax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Resurection of PC-JR
Message-ID: <417@ccivax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Feb-86 21:12:29 EST
Article-I.D.: ccivax.417
Posted: Wed Feb 19 21:12:29 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Feb-86 07:27:10 EST
References: <1400012@orstcs.UUCP> <6382@utzoo.UUCP> <151@calma.UUCP> <361@utastro.UUCP> <380@ethos.UUCP> <416@ccivax.UUCP>
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In article <380@ethos.UUCP> jay@ethos.UUCP (Jay Denebeim) writes:
>In article <361@utastro.UUCP>, nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes:
>(Tim Radzykewycz)
>> >   If
>> > the RT does get off the ground, it won't be because of performance,
>> > but simply because it has an 'IBM' label on the front.
>(Ed Nather)
>> Riiiiiiiight.  Just like the PC Jr. had. (Note past tense).
>
>Oh would that that statement were true.  The PC Jr. is showing up on the
>shelves yet again.
>Looks like big blue is going to keep pushing 'em till they get rid of the
>750K units they've got stockpiled.
>

If they really wanted to get rid of them, they'd sell them as 'terminals'
or 'work stations' to be hung of a PC-{XT,AT,RT}, and forget about the
home market.  Maybe they could even sell them in "bulk", say 20 for $10K.
Might also help if they put 265K DRAMS in so that the only slot needed
would be for the "Network Card".