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From: rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert  allen Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: SLM804 Woes, Really!!!!!!
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Date: 22 Jan 89 21:16:25 GMT
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In article <8901212223.AA03595@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) writes:
> [Comparison of SLM804 vs. HP Laser deleted]
>
>On the Atari the time to print (full cycle from start to having the output
>in my hand) was 43 seconds. On the PC (Norton rating of 10.3) the time was
>14 minutes and 55 seconds. ...
>But I do agree that Atari's laser has to fall in price - the competition has!

  Just out of curiousity, wasn't Atari's marketing division (whereever THAT
is) going to _justify_ the SLM804's higher price? Something along the lines
of, "Sure, it costs more, but it's a LOT faster"...?

  (But since you must have at least 2 megs to run the darn thing...)

						--R.J.
						B-)

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