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From: neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: 520ST prices
Message-ID: <124@atari.UUcp>
Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 20:17:43 EST
Article-I.D.: atari.124
Posted: Wed Feb 26 20:17:43 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Mar-86 17:25:19 EST
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In article <500041@iuvax.UUCP>, franco@iuvax.UUCP writes:

> I just spoke with aa Atari retailer in Indianapolis that is offering some
> pretty good prices on ST stuff.
> 
>    The price includes only the software that comes with the particular
>    machine you buy.  If you want all free software that Atari will
>    eventually make available (NEOCHROME, STBASIC, LOGO, STWRITER) you should
>    also include about four disks and $20 copy charge or $50 for a package of
>    disks some of which will be used to copy the above onto (you keep all ten
>    disks).

Since BASIC and Logo comes packed in _every_ ST we have sold for the last 2
months, and we are also packing 1st Word and Neochrome currently, there is
something fishy about the copy charges.  Legally, a dealer _cannot_ copy
BASIC, Logo, or 1st Word.  We have granted permission to copy Neochrome and
ST Writer for free.  $5 apiece is a tad steep for copying 2 disks.

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