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From: holland@mips.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacRecorder
Keywords: pricing
Message-ID: <51073@ti-csl.CSNET>
Date: 8 Jun 88 20:22:38 GMT
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In article <254@pedro.UUCP> benjamin_kuo@pedro.UUCP (Benjamin Kuo) writes:
>
>  On the other hand, MacRecorder (marketed by Farallon--owned by the 
>president of BMUG, who developed the hardware in the first place) has 
>(from what I've seen and heard) the best software you can buy.  The 
>price difference from what BMUG was offering (something like $25 for the 
>kit!) and what Farallon sells ($150-$200) is entirely in software.  They 

If that's true, why don't they sell a stereo system.  Currently, you have to
buy 2 entire systems for stereo.  That's $300 as opposed to $175 if they can
really sell the hardware that cheap.  Even if the hardware is a little more,
I think it's unreasonable to pay twice the price for stereo.


Fred Hollander
Computer Science Center
Texas Instruments, Inc.
holland%ti-csl@csnet-rela

The above statements are my own and not representative of Texas Instruments.