jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura) (05/31/91)
These are just some random observations about the current
market and definitely NOT a complete overview of what's happening
in the Toronto area:
Long & McQuaide North is a music store -- NOT a computer store,
but they had a stack of 1040STEs and has sold them all. Obviously
if a music store with no real computer people can sell 1040STEs
there's a market for STEs.
Comspec, a computer store next door to L&M has discontinued
stocking Atari products completely. That's not much of a loss to
the Atari community. Comspec has always preferred Amigas and would
go to great lengths to sell Amigas at the expense of ST sales.
Still, I agree with a lot of the things Comspec has to say about
the current Atari Corp. and the Canadian situation. I'm not at all
happy about the current trend in Atari to "pull out of Canada" and
leave us with a warehouse and repair department. Though I plan to
do development on the ST for the immediate future, if things don't
turn around on this matter I'll probably move on to another platform.
CompuPlace is strange. I've always felt they were strange and
now their getting even stranger. Not bad, mind you, but if you look
at the software they carry, I just don't know why they get in what
they do. The best thing they have lately is a good supply of the
British magazines. That and they have 2 of the better flight
simulators. They have Proflight (British simulator of the Tornado
that's supposed to be really good) and the F-19 pseudo-simulator
(simulating a non- existant plane is, well, interesting). They are
essentially out of stock of 1040STE's but will be getting more.
I have been hearing rumours that Atari has really been jerking
around the dealers with the recent price drops. I hope this isn't
true.
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Jim Omura, 2A King George's Drive, Toronto, (416) 652-3880
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