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Date: 16 Sep 88 03:50:32 GMT
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  I've been off the net for a while, so correct me if anything I say in
this letter is wildly inaccurate.
  In the Wednesday, Sept 14,1988 edition of this newsletter, David
Beckemeyer adds his comments to a letter posted some time before that
I didn't receive. In this letter, a user from West Germany (apparently) quotes
a displayer as saying "What do you expect of a dying computer?".
Mr. Beckemeyer then writes that "Atari has played out their last hand."
  Recently I talked to a local developer who had been to a recent trade show
in West Germany and reported it to be quite a shock, as he stated that there
were Ataris "everywhere", a comment that I here from the local Atari dealership
often.
  My question is this: What is the REAL sales flow in West Germany and the rest
of Europe? Considering that they seem to be a dead issue in the (very) local
area, and Mr. Beckemeyer states that this problem is in general, I feel a
little bit worried that my investment could suddenly be worth nothing if sales
really are dropping off, and continue to do so. I have bad dreams about
TI-99's and Plus 4's!
  Would some kind user from West Germany who REALLY knows please confirm these
statements one way or the other? I'm sure I'm not the only user on this net
who is more than a triffle conserned!

                                                     Maury Markowitz,
                                                     MAURY@LAUCOSC.BITNET

Thanks!