Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!oliveb!dragon From: dragon@oliveb.UUCP (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Megas, availability, etc. Message-ID: <6271@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 14:37:55 EDT Article-I.D.: oliveb.6271 Posted: Fri Oct 2 14:37:55 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 6-Oct-87 05:37:17 EDT References: <331UD140469@NDSUVM1> Organization: Dragon Technology, Inc. San Francisco, USA Lines: 29 in article <331UD140469@NDSUVM1>, UD140469@NDSUVM1.BITNET says: > Have any places other than Cupertino, CA gotten the Megas? My dealer The Megas were for sale at two dealers I know of: Home Computing Centers in San Bruno, and Access to Software in San Francisco. Atari was at a show in Tanforan Mall (where Home Computing is, the show was sponsored by Home Computing) and brought along Megas to show. They were being sold at both dealers that day. > but they're Mega 4's. Is there any chance that some distributor went and got > them from Canada/Europe (hence the high price...?). Do these machines have > blitters in them? Are any Mega 2's being sold? (Let me guess, Atari decided The machines were air shipped by Atari. They had FCC labels. I didn't see any Mega 2s. (They WERE called STs, by the way...) The new monitors are for sale with them (SC1224 type 4?). And they all had blitters. Hope this answered some questions! (If anyone wants one I'd be happy to arrange shipping!) > Waiting anxiously for news, > Scott Udell > UD140469@NDSUVM1.BITNET -- Dean Brunette {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!olivej!dragon {ucbvax,etc.}!hplabs!oliveb!dragon-oatc!dean Olivetti Advanced Technology Center _____ _____ __|__ _____ 20300 Stevens Creek Blvd. | | _____| | | Cupertino, CA 95014 |_____| |_____| |__ |_____ 'Such a strange girl, I think I'm falling in love' --The Cure