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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari commercial
Message-ID: <17791@cup.portal.com>
Date: 1 May 89 02:03:33 GMT
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Scott Brown asks:
>On Saturday, I was watching the newest episode of Star Trek:TNG 
>and an Atari ST commercial came up.  It was comparing the ST to the Mac SE
>and the IBM PS/50. ... 
>
>My question is this.  Is this a new commercial?  Is Atari finally going
>to poke it's head into the USA market? I have my doubts but I'm (sigh)
>always hopeful.
 
From your "return address", it appears that you may have seen the cable feed
from WKBD Channel 50 in Detroit...  if so, this commercial was paid in full
by the Michigan Atari Computer Enthusiasts (MACE) user group to publicize
the Atari Show coming up next week..  Atari didn't pay a nickle for the
publicity they received from this ad...
 
So...  don't take this as any indication of what Atari itself is doing..
(unless it can get other usergroups around the country to pay for its
advertising...)
 
BobR