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From: t35033u@saha.hut.fi (Jarkko Hietaniemi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Trying to reach Christopher Brand, wizard@sosaria
Keywords: Desperately seeking for Chris Brand
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Date: 25 Sep 89 16:25:39 GMT
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Awfully sorry to send this here, but my mail keeps bouncing back.

So if you are not today in the mood of being Christopher Brand, Berne,

Switzerland, wizard@sosaria.ccs.imp.com, please use the 'k' -key.




	This letter is meant to Chris Brand, Berne, Switzerland.

	If you feel not to be him, bounce it back to t35033u@saha.hut.fi


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	Well, this query arised from your article,  "the Amiga Review" in

	the USENET news in the comp.sys.amiga group. It seems to be

	(as far as I can judge) quite a good one, but one thing especially

	raised my burning interest -- and in fact, interest of many of

	my colleagues back here in the Helsinki University of Technology.

	You want to know what part...well, the ending lines of it:

--- clippety clip -------------------------------------------------------------

9.Prices
--------

These prices are possible prices. They may vary, especially
since these are European prices, but to give an idea what an
Amiga system costs, they are exact enough.

	- Amiga 2000 with 1 meg of RAM, 1 880 K disk drive,
	  keyboard, mouse, system software and a RGB monitor 	
																US$ 1250.-
	- Amiga 500 with 0.5 meg of RAM, the rest as above
																US$  950.-
	- 68020/68881/68851 Accelerator Board with 2 megs of 32 bit
	  RAM
																US$ 1900.-
	- Harddisk Controller DMA >900 K/sec
																US$  470.-
	- Flicker Fixer
																US$  450.-
	- XT card 8 MHz
																US$  550.-
	- AT card 8 MHz
																US$ 1250.-
	- Macintosh Emulator incl. Mac disk drive
																US$  650.-

--- end of plagiarism ---------------------------------------------------------

	And why is this so interesting you may ask ?

	Errr...promise not laugh...in Finland, the market of Commodore

	products is monopolised by a single company. The result is

	obvious: prices are horrifying.

	Same examples : Amy 500 WITH ONLY 512 kB RAM WITHOUT RGB-monitor

	costs 900 US$. Yes, you read correctly. Nine hundred dollars.

	Oh yes, one can buy the 512 kB additional RAM with battery-backuped

	clock (for 225 US$) and some RGB-CRT (e. g. Philips) (for 350 US$)

	Simple additions and presto -- the same combination you claim

	to cost 950 US$ costs us in here 1475 US$. You see know why we

	are more than curious about your article. The ratio gets even

	worse when going to more advanced gadgetry ---

	Amy 2000 here about 2250 US$ (cf. your 1250), not to mention that

	as in the lil' Amy case -- RGB monitor not included

	

	Now, you were joking about those prices, right? If you were

	not, PLEASE contact us (that is to say, me) (me schizophrenic?)

	as soon as you can and inform us where, oh where can get get

	our hands to those C= products at so low a price. If you were

	joking...hahaha. hehehe. hohoho. It hurts too much to laugh.

	But never again joke on so serious subjects as money.



	Hoping to hear from you soon,

	In real life	Jarkko Hietaniemi

	Internet:	jhi@niksula.hut.fi