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From: ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: TT
Message-ID: <6195@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 10 Mar 90 01:01:51 GMT
References: <6154@blake.acs.washington.edu> <19448@grebyn.com> <6170@blake.acs.washington.edu> <1380@lzsc.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
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In article <1380@lzsc.ATT.COM> hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson) writes:
>In article <6170@blake.acs.washington.edu>, ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) writes:
>> In article <19448@grebyn.com> ckp@grebyn.UUCP (Checkpoint Technologies) writes:
>> >In article <6154@blake.acs.washington.edu> ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj) writes:
>> >>According to many "officials" at ATARI...
>> >>some who have written to me personally, 
>> >> 
>> >>**  The  TT  will be available in TWO WEEKS! **
>> >
>> 
>> BTW:  ATARI did in fact say "officially" that the TT WILL be
>> available by the "end of the first quarter 1990"...
>> 
>
>Wait up.  ATARI will have some TT's forthcoming to selected hands but that
>is not General Availability.
>
>Howard C. Johnson
>ATT Bell Labs
>att!lzsc!hcj
>hcj@lzsc.att.com


Around Christmas time 1989, I posted an inquiry
to the net in regards to actual purchases of 
the TT.  I was particularly interested in hearing
from the folks from Germany.  WHy?  well, I had been
flamed on many occasion for expecting ATARI to offer
us the truth.  To wit:

The Atari "policy" as it had been stated by a large body
of netters, including those who work for Atari, is that
Atari will not announce a new machine that is not to be
released within the following 90 days.  This seems perfectly
reasonable.  So in light of this information passed on to me,
i posted an inquiry ***  120 *** days AFTER the Dusseldorf
"announcement" of the TT.  I wanted to know if anyone
in Germany or anywhere in Europe was able to purchase a TT
from a dealer.  

The response i got PERSONALLY was from an engineer from ATARI.
His statement was on the order of:  NO one can have purchased
a TT in Europe...  they're not available yet... furthermore,
ATARI has stated quite clearly that the TT will not be available
until the END of the THIRD QUARTER 1990.  

It is clear now that "available" has nothing to do with 
consumers and dealers.    

I am reminded of that James Taylor song:  "I was a fool to care..."
ANd that other one: " Let it fall down, let it fall down, let it
all fall down..."

Again, i remind myself, this complaining doesn't do a damn thing.

sorry....

-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu