A little story from OZ

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From: Geoff Swan
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1993 23:16

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A little story from down-under ...

A friend of mine who deals in computers (PC clones, ataris and amigas)
had someone come to him last week with a 520STFM that had the 1MB
upgrade and was working OK except for the floppy which needed replacing.
My friend gave him a quote to fit a double-sided floppy to his machine
for A$100. This guy ummm'd and arrr'd for a while and then said that
if my friend gave him A$60 he could have the machine. He ended up
refusing the deal because apparently you just can't unload atari machines
here anymore, even if you give them away!

    Sla/n go fo/ill,
                    Risky B.
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From: swanee@megadata.mega.oz.au (Geoff Swan)
Subject: A little story from OZ
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Keywords: atari, ST
Organization: Megadata P/L, North Ryde, Sydney, Aust.
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 23:16:02 GMT
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