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In article <1k6b88INN7kd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(Len Stys) wrote:
> 
> 
> In a previous article, lmvec@westminster.ac.uk (William Hargreaves) says:
> 
> >stigvi@Lise.Unit.NO (Stig Vidar Hovland) writes:
> >: In article <jorngh.366.727480750@dhhalden.no>, jorngh@dhhalden.no (JORN GUNNAR HALONEN) writes:
> >:  > 
> >:  > Yeah, you read right ! Two Falcons were actually released
> >:  > in UK yesterday, it was supposed to be three but one machine
> >:  > was D.O.A. The UK Atari manager was nevertheless pleased and
> >:  > stated that this proves Atari's dedication to the market. He
> >:  > also gave hopes of five (yes five !) new machines in the next
> >:  > few months, and an additional 30 (!) cute beasts if he managed
> >:  > to sell his flat in south London. The production barracks in
> >:  > Iraq is currently working in high gear too keep up with the
> >:    ^^^^ 
> >:  > demands.
> >:  > 
> >:  > And a last thing, this is a rumour. It may not be entirely true.
> >:  > 
> >: 
> >: If UN and USA could stop bombing these barracks, we probably would see
> >: more Falcons in the (near) future.
> >: 
> >
> >In that case, BOMBS AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> 
> I ___HEARD___ that the factory that the United Nations thought were making
> nuclear weapons were ACTUALLY making Falcon030 computers.
> 
> Since it was targeted by the U.S. and DESTROYED, we will have to wait
> another six months for Falcons.
> 
> I believe I heard a represenative from Iraq saying that they will "rebuild"
> this factory, however.
> 

I believe you were slightly misinformed.  The factory was just making cheap
Falcon decoys.:-)  This was a Tramiel strategy to mislead Commodore.

Marcelino
mbernar@erenj.com