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Re: ATARI sales .. going up?4814

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From: David E. Sheafer, Class of 1989
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1989 23:39
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In article <4748f7bc.14a1f@force.UUCP>, covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
> In article <8912061600.AA02491@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, EESD11O@CALSTATE.BITNET (Ed Krimen) writes:
>> > apparently the ad campaign is working.
>> 
>> What ad campaign?  The only ads I know about are the Portfolio ads in
>> magazines and newspapers and the great Lynx ads in the New York area.  I
>> know a few dealers are taking advantage of Atari's co-op advertising,
>> but I've only heard about them in Texas and, I think, North Carolina.
> 
> there aren't any ads in Phoenix either. None in the Sunday Phoenix
> Business section. In fact, Computer Works runs a small ad, by themseleves,
> but it mentions only the Commodore Amiga and not the Atari ST. So, unless
> you knew that CW Sells Atari stuff, you wouldn't even stop by their store.
> 
> Has *ANYONE* out there in NEtland SEEN a Real Live AD for the ST, either
> on TV or in print?
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> 
>   There were quite a few 1/2 page ads for the 1040 and Mega in the Boston
Globe this spring, (these were Atari Ads, not dealer ads)
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From: AIN1496E@merrimack.edu (David E. Sheafer, Class of 1989)
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Subject: Re: ATARI sales .. going up?4814
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