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From: rfpfeifle@violet.waterloo.edu (Ron Pfeifle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mega ST pinouts
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Date: 3 Nov 88 17:28:31 GMT
References: <31088@oliveb.olivetti.com> <10338@cup.portal.com> <10771@cup.portal.com>
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In article <10771@cup.portal.com> BobR@cup.portal.com (Bob BobR Retelle) writes:
>Greg Wageman says:
>>...   For $120 U.S. (and change) you can purchase
>>just the developer's documentation, which contains the pinouts ...
>
>Yes, that's true...  but if all you need is that one connector pinout
>diagram,  $120  is an awfully steep price to have to pay for just one
>page...
>
>Especially in light of the equivalent information being published by
>Apple and Commodore/Amiga in $19.95-$29.95 books, available at just
>about any B.Dalton Bookseller.
> 
>I imagine too, the page with that Mega expansion buss pinout is stamped
>"Proprietary Information", so that it can't be uploaded on UseNet (or
>anywhere else)...
>
>BobR

In Canada, Atari charges $125 for documentation, and $150 for docs with
support.   I suppose that this means that they feel support is only worth 
$25... (from the way developers talk about the quality of the documentation 
on the net, you'd figure that it should be $25 for docs and $125 for support).

ron