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In Info-Atari16 Digest V88 #219, david@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (David Beckemeyer)
writes:
>In article <316@laura.UUCP> klute%trillian.irb@unido.UUCP (Rainer Klute) writes
>>In article <8804240542.AA10334@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> TNPHSUD@HDETUD1.BITNET
>(Damir Sudar) writes:
>>> [ asking about MS-DOS emulator "SuperCharger" availablity ]
>>
>>I haven't seen it yet but I can tell you a nice detail: The
>>price is not DM 800.- but DM 698.- (= US$ 420).
>
>I love these kinds of comments.  It seems like I've been seeing them
>about ST related stuff for as long as I can remember.  "No it doesn't
>exist yet.  But it only costs $39.95".

Well, David may actually be right there. The newest story is:

Due to some design problem with the first batch of the Supercharger PCBs,
availability is now "somewhere around" 3rd quarter 88. And due to the increased
RAM chip prices (thanks, Ronnie, for screwing us Europeans yet again), the
price calculation is now "somewhere around" DM 800.- and not DM 698.- as
advertised originally.

I have seen a number of advertisements in German computer magazines at prices
varying from 648.- to 698.-, but I do not know anyone who has bought one, and
I do not know a single store where you could buy one.

The dealer terms for this "Supercharger" product are among the worst I've ever
seen ...

If this is all old news to you: sorry. Atari-Digests take their time while
travelling through netland.

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Disclaimer: I've nothing to do with anything mentioned above. In fact,
            everything I've said is wrong,  including this disclaimer. ;-)