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Subject: Re: Re: rumor mongering again
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Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 18:30:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  9 18:30:14 1987
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Reply-To: tim@tomcat.UUCP (Tim Kay)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Summary: Cheap upgrade (for IBM PC)

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From: tim@tomcat.Caltech.Edu (Tim Kay)
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phillip@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Phillip Lindsay) writes:

>>    Big	Rumor:
>> 		CBM will offer upgrade to A1000 owners for ~$800.

>Next you'll tell me IBM is offering XT owners a $500 AT upgrade...:-]

Well, not from IBM, but you can buy the Breakthru 286 from PCSG for
$395, and your PC will run just slightly faster than an 8Mhz AT.  So
why is the $800 upgrade to the Amiga unreasonable?

Timothy L. Kay				tim@csvax.caltech.edu
Department of Computer Science
Caltech, 256-80
Pasadena, CA  91125