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From: akw@osupyr.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: New Atari Products Revisited
Message-ID: <198@osupyr.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 11-Apr-87 19:00:20 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 11 19:00:20 1987
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References: <175@osupyr.UUCP> <699@atari.UUCP> <186@osupyr.UUCP> <708@atari.UUCP>
Reply-To: akw@osupyr.UUCP (FarOff MicroDesigns)
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In article <708@atari.UUCP> neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) writes:
>Not only is there a keyboard expansion, but the keyboard is *included* when
>you buy the unit.

Neil -- this is very reassuring... even though I don't prefer the label
'Game System,' at least we won't see the 8-bit line disappear.  Will we
see a parallel bus as well?

>sophisticated games that need the keyboard, like Flight Simulator (which
>will be one of the three pieces of software bundled with the system).

Very interesting!  Glad to hear about FlightSim!

>Isn't marketing interesting?  Mass merchants who won't touch 8-bit computers
>with a 10-foot pole are dying to get their hands on this XE game system.

Yes, marketing is interesting... too bad the rest of the world isn't like
Columbus, where there are *many* Atari 8-bit owners buying *much* software
and hardware.  C'est la vie...

Andy Weaver / akw@osupyr.UUCP / 614.293.1195 or .292.1741
The Ohio State University / Columbus, OH / "Go Bucks."
"Like cold water to the bones, so is good news from a distant land." Prov25.25

Disclaimer:  If Ohio State knew I had UseNet access, they would probably
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