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From: brinsmead@calgary.UUCP (Mark Brinsmead)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Midi Mega's
Summary: we have the number, now the info...
Message-ID: <1701@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>
Date: 27 Jun 88 18:29:50 GMT
References: <1684@vaxb.calgary.UUCP> <1076@atari.UUCP>
Organization: U. of Calgary, Calgary, Ab.
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In article <1076@atari.UUCP>, kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher) writes:
> in article <1684@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>, brinsmead@calgary.UUCP (Mark Brinsmead) says:

[a bit of deleted text]

> > 
> >>and accordingly we request that in advance of such statements in the future,
> >>Atari be called and the facts of such perceived policies be confirmed.
> > 
> >  What's the number? Perhaps spreading it around will prevent future errors.
>  
> Folks at Atari Corporation can be reached at (408) 745-2000 in the US.
> 

   Wow! I didn't really believe that I'd get a real answer to that question.
Thanks, Ken. (Too bad its not a toll-free number, but it would likely do me
little good here in Canada anyway.)

   Perhaps now we can get somebody at Atari to make an official and definitive
statement regarding their policies with respect to the Megas and the Laser 
Printer. I just called the number above, and my call seems to have been forwarded
to /dev/null (i.e. a busy signal, then a broken connection). I guess that until
I try once more (I'm an underpaid student and can't afford expensive long-
distance calls) I shall refrain from calling such policy "brain-damaged",
"mindless", "suicidal" or anything else nasty. (At least I tried!)

(I'm still hoping to hear an official denial of Atari's rumoured policy to
sell Laser Printers bundled with ALL Mega ST's except at music stores, so
that I can safely avoid the necessity of actually using all these nasty 
words and phrases that I have thought up...)

   In any event, it is (genuinely) nice to see Atari again responding with
resonable answers to reasonable (albeit inconsequential) questions. Now,
lets get some REAL answers... 

   Atari: Am I, or am I not, expected to purchase a laser printer with my
          next computer, even though I do not want one?