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From: gl8f@bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Unexpandable megas
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Date: 19 Dec 89 19:32:09 GMT
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In article <25185@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

!It's always been my understanding of "business" that making one part serve
!several purposes is more economical...  unless you're trying to "force"
!customers into paying your price for your product...
! 
!Why would Atari Corp make *TWO* different PC boards, when it would cost them]
!more to do it that way...?

Maybe it doesn't cost them more? Do you know anything about manufacturing?
I sure don't. And so I try to avoid showing my ignorance in public by
bashing Atari on topics that I don't know anything about.

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Greg Lindahl