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From: WCHAO@BLUE.RUTGERS.EDU
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Subject: Alcor C Complier
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 22:39:05 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 22:39:05 1986
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From: WCHAO@BLUE.RUTGERS.EDU


     If anyone interested in buying a Pascal or C complier from Radio
Shack, please make a note of this.
     I recently received a flyer from Alcor Systems, which is the
maker of Pascal and C complier for the Radio Shack computers, and
they are advertising the sale price of $89.95 for either package
for some popular Tandy computers, including my Model IV, when I tried
to find-out if my local Radio Shack store will honor this price,
the answer is a flat NO!  What's even worse is the list price for
either package is $249.95 at Radio Shack and the official list price
from Alcor Systems is $139.95 and the same salesman, actually he is
the manager for the Computer Dept., still refuses to sell it to me
for $139.95.  Well, I am getting it from Alcor directly and quite
happy about it.  I refuse to donate $160 to Radio Shack for something
I can get from the manufacturer for $89.95.  So next time you're out
buying software at Radio Shack, check the price with the manufacture
and make sure that is the correct price, not the price Radio Shack
wants as a profit.

William Chao
wchao@blue.rutgers
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