Article-I.D.: well.331
Posted: Mon Dec  9 01:18:49 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 11-Dec-85 03:04:07 EST
References: <608@unisoft.UUCP> <112@ulowell.UUCP>
Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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In article <112@ulowell.UUCP>, page@ulowell.UUCP (Bob Page) writes:
 >  
 >  I called Tecmar sales this morning; they quoted me US$799 for the T-card
 >  with 256KB and US$999 for the T-card with 1MB.  The T-disk will be US$1495.
 >  Both will be available "at the end of this month."  The other two periphs
 >  (tape, modem) are due around Jan and Feb, respectively.
 >  

    Gawd. $799 for a 256K expansion? $200 more just to add $75 worth of chips?
And $1495 for a hard disk????   I would have expected to see something closer to
$300 for the 256K, $450 for the 1M, and at most $800 for the hard disk, $1000
for 20 Megs.  There's only one word for those prices . . . ( :-) ) 
    Seriously, at this point I would recommend STRONGLY that people stay clear
of Tecmar, until prices go down, equipment is REALLY available, and there is
a clear record of reliability established.

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           Mike Farren
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