Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccivax!rb From: rb@ccivax.UUCP (rex ballard) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: ST - Developer's mailing list Message-ID: <254@ccivax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Sep-85 20:46:55 EDT Article-I.D.: ccivax.254 Posted: Mon Sep 16 20:46:55 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 05:33:15 EDT References: <353@eneevax.UUCP> <385@ecsvax.UUCP> <147@aum.UUCP> <252@ccivax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CCI Telephony Systems Group, Rochester NY Lines: 34 > Calls to Atari distributors also revealed the following (if you haven't > bought your ST yet. > > You can get the ST, Mono, Color, 1 single sided drive, 1 double sided drive > for around $1500. > > You can get the ST, Mono, Color, 1 single sided drive, 1 hard drive for about > $2400. > > One mail order operation has been buying the "big package" and selling the > pieces. > > Caveat - Atari has a strange return/warrenty policy. The warrenty is > provided/sold by the dealer. Local dealers may provide it free, but are under > no obligation to do so. I am told that this policy may change soon. > Before I get fried for mis-information, the 2 drive is $1700 and the Hard-drive version is $2500. The hard disk is the Haba drive not the Atari low-cost drive. With all the options, buying an Atari will be like buying a component stereo. Dealers seem to be a little upset with Atari. No matter how hard they try to sell the higher profit machine, people buy the Atari. One dealer has sold out three times. The problem, he's got 128's for the same price. Since dealers seem to be sadly lacking in imagination, let's give them some help. Show them Ravi's 1meg upgrade. Maybe they will show a little more enthusiasm if they can charge $150 for $6 in parts and an hour's work. Any info on EXTERNAL ram upgrades?