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From: slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey)
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Subject: Re: XEP80's
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Date: 20 Feb 90 23:48:50 GMT
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In article <27134@cup.portal.com> Metalist@cup.portal.com (Bryan Jones Woodworth) writes:
>Hello I would be interested in knowing at what price you would expect to get 
>for an XEP80.  I have been wondering about the usefulness of XEP80z.

XEP80's run at around $80 through mail order, don't they?  I bought a used
one through the net for $40.  I would guess that the guy with 5 would probably
take $40 or $50 (forgot the name).

I think that the Atari is missing something at 40 cols.  I think 80 cols
almost makes it a computer (now all I need is a hard disk or ramdisk...
sigh).  Software would be the issue.  Any program that dosn't conflict
with the driver (in memory), that does standard I/O to the E: device should
work.  My editor, which simply repaints the screen with any change doesn't,
so I am in the process of rewriting it (and am including many other features
as well).  I think it is a great addition.  The XEP80 includes a parallel
printer port, which I haven't needed or used yet.
-Stan