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From: MCOHAN@UMASS.BITNET (Michael Cohan, U of Mass/Amherst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: 520 in Canada
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Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 19:58:30 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 19:58:30 1987
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fluke!ssc-vax!benoni@BEAVER.CS.WASHINGTON.EDU  (Charles L Ditzel) writes:
>     On a recent trip to Vancouver, BC I dropped by a store
> that was selling Atari ST (i think it was A&B Sound in the downtown
> area).  They were selling a very odd creature :
>
>     A 1040 ST Package *marked* 520 ST on the exterior.
>     It came with a single sided internal drive and monitor.
''>    I was fascinated.  Is this some future migration...?
>    it makes sense to me.

According to our Atari representative (Al Rizzo), the version of
the 520ST you saw is the way the future 520's will be packaged.
They will be packaged like 1040's, but be 512K and single sided
drive.  He said that Atari would sell out their current stock
of 520ST's (original packaging), and then sell the new 520's from
now on.

Michael P. Cohan    MCOHAN@UMass.BITNET   MIKECOHAN on Delphi
Organization:  The Computer Bug, Inc., 50 Main St. (Rear)
               Amherst, MA  01002  (413) 253-7782
               "Authorized Atari Sales and Service"