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In article <861206121604.000009B1.AAWY.MA@UMass>, Flash@UMass.BITNET (Rick Flashman) writes:
> Wait a Minute, it is "under development"? Breakout was SHIPPED with the
> first ST's! Am I to understand that a program that was shipped with the
> first ST's and that is available from Atari's own BBS and GEnie and every
> other decent BBS in the nation, all of suddent changed to a program
> "under development"?

BREAKOUT.ACC was NEVER packed out with ST's, nor is it available on the
Atari Base BBS.  (I just looked, to make sure).  If it's on GEnie it will
disappear shortly.

>     I worked for an Atari Dealer for a while, and it is fascinating
> watching Atari change its prices of things. We were informed that the
> ROM upgrade would be $30, then they added the blitter, and it would be
> $50, then when all the dealers showed interest, it went up to $70,
> now it is around $120.

The original ROMs were available for $30, as an upgrade to people with
RAM-based systems.  Once those people were taken care of, the price of ROMs
went up -- we were taking a small loss on each set at the smaller price, as
a concession to people who needed them.  Now they're spare parts.

The poster seems to be confusing the ROMs with the upcoming "blitter"
upgrade.

> The New version of Basic is supposed to be free when finished. HA! I bet
> Atari will put a price on that too.

Correct.  We never said it will be free.  It won't cost very much, though.

>     Did you realize how N. Harris has stopped answering user questions

Funny, I hadn't noticed that....

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