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Where to get an ST in Cambridge...

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From: thomas breuel
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1986 17:41
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Several people have asked me where in Cambridge one can get the
Atari 520ST. Well, the address and telephone numbers is:

	MetroServe Computer Company
	312 Broadway Ave., Cambridge
	491-0908

When I first called them a few weeks ago they quoted a price of
'roughly $650' on the 520ST. I just called them again, and now (?)
the price is $700 on the monochrome system, and $900 on the colour
system. If you want ds instead of ss drives, that is $50 extra.
There is no further student discount, because 'these prices are
special sales prices', they say. They don't have any ST's in stock,
they say they sell them as they come in, and there is a waiting
list of about 2 weeks.

Needless to say, I'm not in any way connected with MetroServe Computer
Company, other than having called them twice. I've neither seen
their sales offices nor bought anything from them. So if you find
out anything about that company, let me know. Except for the Lechemere
store in Cambridge, which only sells the colour version (expensive!),
this seems to be the only place in Cambridge that sells ST's.

						Thomas.

PS: I would, of course, still be very much interested in any place that
sells the ST for less than $700, even by mail order. Someone on the
network quoted that he got it for $600. Was that a special deal with
the university?
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Subject: Where to get an ST in Cambridge...
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 12:41:26 EST
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