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From: njd@ihlpm.ATT.COM (DiMasi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Disk drives
Message-ID: <1574@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
Date: 24 Dec 87 17:34:19 GMT
References: <19871217223805.9.JRD@GRACKLE.SCRC.Symbolics.COM> <2146@umd5.umd.edu> <913@atari.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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Summary: the XF551 has hit the Midwest

In article <913@atari.UUCP>, neil@atari.UUCP (Neil Harris) writes:
> In article <2059@cup.portal.com>, Tom_Tom_McComb@cup.portal.com writes:
> > The XF551 is onsale in Canada, Poland and Argentina.  Convienent, No?
> > ADOS was finished by OSS ages ago. Atari is still awaiting FCC approval for US
> > The current guestimate is Jan-Feb '88. But don't go and hold your breath.
> 
> Whoah!
> 
> The XF551 has hit the USA also, within the last couple of weeks.  I know
> that Federated stores have them, and some others locally here.

For the benefit of those of you who do not have an account on DELPHI, I saw
a message there from Matt Ratcliff about the XF551:  His local dealer (in
St. Louis Mo. area) just got his first shipment.  Many people have "heard"
that Atari wasn't going to ship '551s until late January, but Atari has
proven them wrong.  What a nice Christmas present for us 8-bit Atari "fans!"

Nick DiMasi
Uni'q Digital Technologies (Fox Valley Software subsidiary;
   ^          working as a contractor at AT&T Bell Labs in Naperville, IL)
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