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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Cheap ST's...
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Date: Thu, 31-Jul-86 22:27:34 EDT
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I called Toys Ya Us  (the middle letter is the Cyrillic Ya, not an R - must be
a Russkie operation) in Framingham, MA ((617) 872-6242) and learned that,
alas, $399 buys you only a cpu/keyboard and a mouse.  Certainly not a monitor
and I believe not even a disk drive.  Either way, $499 for a full system is
still the best price I have heard confirmed (e.g. CompuClub in Framingham or
47th Street Whatever).

The good news is that Toys Ya Us is back into selling Atari products,
including the 800XL at $69.95 with a considerable quantity left to sell.
If we all express interest and remind them of the $499 package price for
the monochrome system maybe they will match it.

-John Sangster
jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa