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From: neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari8
Subject: Re: Expansion box for XLs
Message-ID: <390@atari.UUcp>
Date: Thu, 17-Jul-86 15:14:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: atari.390
Posted: Thu Jul 17 15:14:06 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Jul-86 05:58:59 EDT
References: <1387021@UMich-MTS.Mailnet>
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In article <1387021@UMich-MTS.Mailnet>, Howard_Chu@UMich-MTS.MAILNET writes:
> Sb: #ATARI EXPANSION SYSTEM
> DAVE , I WAS PAGEING THROUGH AN AUGUST 1983 COMPUTE MAGAZINE AND
> UNDER THE FALL CES I SAW AN EXPANSON SYSTEM FOR THE XL COMPUTERS.
> NOW I KNOW THAT ATARI NEVER PRODUCED SUCH A THI DO YOU THINK IF
> ATARI GOT ENOUGH REQUESTS IT WOULD BUILD IT.
> 
> Well, Neil, I *know* you read this mailing list. What can you
> say about the expansion? Given enough pleas & cries from the
> user community, will it come out? How much demand is "enough"
> for such a product?

Nope, sorry, this product won't happen.  It can't be built for a reasonable
price.  You can demand all you want, but if we told you to send $800 for
each expansion box, I doubt there would be any takers.
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