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[ Thanks to the person within Atari who answered some of my rather hostile questions
  some weeks back.  I meant to thank you then, but I was busy, our network's newsfeed
  has been undergoing brain-surgery recently, etc, etc -- so your message expired
  here before I could.  Sigh.  I appreciated that you took the time to respond. ]

In article <1060@cc.helsinki.fi> JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (INFINITY EVERYWHERE) writes:
>Atari HAS announced a price for the TT in Germany: 6500DM for a TT with
>a 30MB hard-disk and a monochrome VGA-monitor and 2 MB RAM.
>
>I have also read that Atari would announce a TTP in England - cost: 1300
>pounds with 1280x960monitor and a 60MEG hard-disk. (This is not as sure
>as the German information, though.)
>
>I have also read that atari would announce a version of Unix for about
>300 dollars.

I've read many things that Atari "will do" or "has done".  In early 1986
Jack Tramiel was quoted in an interview with START magazine as saying that
the "68020-based TT" would be shipping "within a few months".  I don't
believe he suggested a price.

Also in early 1986, the Atari CD-ROM drive was announced, although they
did leave themselves the out that it wouldn't be shipped until it could
be "priced appropriately".

The Atari laser printer was originally to have been (rumor said, although
I believe some of those rumors originated within Atari) an "under $1,000
(list-price) printer".

Believe it, not when you can merely see and touch it, but when your order
for one is filled and you *OWN* it.  Until then, it's all merely interesting
hearsay -- not only the "What" and "When", but also the "If" and "How Much".

>I know that Atari supports Europe more than the US. I can imagine why...

Why?  Explain, please.  Presumably Europe is more tolerant of vapor?

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