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From: sorensen@pequod.gatech.edu (Tom Sorensen)
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Subject: Re: MPC Wizard Test Results of Toshiba vs Chinon
Date: 31 May 1994 16:52:35 GMT
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dchiu@netcom.com (David C.W. Chiu) writes:

>In my area (SF Bay, CA) an outfit called NCA is selling 3401s (yes, I am 
>sure it is 3401) for $269. I think they also advertise in ComputerShopper..

Odd... that's *BELOW* how much Toshiba is selling them for. How do I know?
I asked at COMDEX. They told me explicitly that $275 (the price I was hoping
to get for one) was below their cost.  I just bought one here for $305+tax
from a local wholesale distributer.

Tom Sorensen * gt0040a@prism.gatech.edu * Team OS/2
Chairman, Yellow Jacket OS/2 User's Group * Vice President, Georgia Tech ACM
"OS/2 is what DOS and Windows should have been. Windows/NT aspires to become
what OS/2 is." - Lee Reiswig, May, 1993.