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From: dean@hyper.UUCP (Dean Gahlon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaBASIC problems
Message-ID: <33@hyper.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-May-86 13:03:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  8 13:03:43 1986
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> [ If the line eating bug chokes, do I perform the Heimlich maneuver on it? ]
> 
> In article <2285@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz> 8547289@elecvax.eecs.unsw.oz (Steven Sweeting) writes:
> >Those O/sS complaining about prices might be interested to know that DPaint
> >first came into the shops at $115.  It seems CBM Aust bought the copyright 
> >from Electronic Arts. It now sells for $250!!!. The Amiga sells for $2495 with
> >RGB monitor and 512K RAM. It was released about 2/3 weeks ago, the
> >inavailabilty of sodftware %& documentation due to June being the exepected 
> >date.   The Atari 520ST came in the stores a week before at $2999, it is now
> >$2495, hopefully the price war will continue here...
> >
> >   - Steven Sweeting
> 
> 	Does anyone know what the current exchange rate is between Australian
> and American dollars?  I nearly fell over when I saw those prices!  Then
> I realized they weren't talking American bucks.
> 
> 	Don't frighten me like that :-).
> 
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The current exchange rate is something like $.75US = $1Aus.
Therefore, the price listed above for the Amiga isn't terribly
out of range ($1871 or so). The price for the Atari 520ST is, um,
somewhat excessive (Aus$2999 = US$2249!).