Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!ljdickey From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Re: Carrier Command / Publishing Partner Professional Message-ID: <1717@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 22 Jul 88 19:31:16 GMT References: Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 28 In article KEITH@SYSD.SALFORD.AC.UK (Keith Wolstenholme) writes: >Norman R. Frech , writes: > >> Richard K. Lloyd, ,backbone-!mcvax!ukc!mupsy!liv-cs!SQRKL writes: >> [...] >The Archimedes really does exist, in two forms the 300 series and the >440 (we're still waiting for the 410 - thats a 440 with 1MB and no >hard disk). The 300's have been available from Acorn dealers in the >UK since September '87. > >> .................................. Are they restricted to England? > >As far as I know, yes. A few machines might have slipped out of the >country by some back door but I don't believe that Acorn is shipping >overseas. They got badly stung when they last tried to enter the U.S. >market, so they're probably a bit wary of trying it again ! > In January, I was in a shop in Hamilton, New Zealand, that was showing the Archimedes. It seemed to be a splendid machine, but was greatly overpriced at about 7 or 8 thousand NZ dollars. From what I could see, the Atari still offered better value for money. -- L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo. ljdickey@WATDCS.UWaterloo.ca ljdickey@water.BITNET ljdickey@water.UUCP ..!uunet!watmath!water!ljdickey ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu