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From: ali@rocky.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga 520 video adapter (sales flyer goofs, really)
Message-ID: <543@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Tue, 1-Sep-87 14:28:48 EDT
Article-I.D.: rocky.543
Posted: Tue Sep  1 14:28:48 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 2-Sep-87 07:32:19 EDT
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Reply-To: ali@rocky.UUCP (Ali Ozer)
Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department
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In article <2257@cbmvax.UUCP> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
>The A520 should go for quite a bit less than $179...

I was in Germany this past week, and in one store I saw this thing hooked up 
to the A500 --- It looked like the C64 modem, and it said "Amiga Video 
Adapter." The Amiga was hooked up to both a monitor and a giant color TV.
So I imagine this "thing" was the (European version of) Amiga 520. The price?
59 DM --- About $35. 

I visited 3 large department stores (Horten, Kaufhof, Karstadt), and all
had Amiga 500s. (Price 1200 DM --- About $660 (And no tax, of course))
Unfortunately, none had A501 expansions, and only two had the Amiga 1081
monitor (800 DM, $440). I brought saveral demos with me (to show my
dad), and while I was showing it to him on the A500 in the store a crowd
gathered around. Even the dealer was impressed (he had never seen the
Juggler!) and asked if he could copy the disks. I gave him all the PD demos
I had with me, and he was real happy... And when I ran good old Boing!,
someone exclaimed "I saw that on the ST!". So I had to show them how
the Amiga differred --- By bringing WB over and running Oing! at the same
time.

Anyway, it seems like PD stuff has a hard time getting over there, so,
when you visit Europe make sure you bring some near PD demos over and
give a few copies to your local dealers and friends. 

But, overall, compared to the last time I was there, I saw a lot more Amiga
stuff (programs, books, mags, etc...). And I think I might've even convinced
my dad to get an Amiga system. 8-)

Ali Ozer, ali@rocky.stanford.edu