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   On 11 Aug 21  21:37:56, Mark Da Silva said the following to Nick Andre:   
      
   MD>  NA> The Tandy that I had came with a then-state-of-the-art 8 bit VGA video   
   MD>  NA> card and a DAC sattelite-board. There were volume/microphone controls    
   MD>  NA> the front of the case. The Deskmate software had a crude but interesti   
   MD>  NA> music/sound composer suite. This was all before Soundblaster cards   
   MD>  NA> became all the rage.   
   MD>    
   MD>     How much did they retail for?   
      
   Can't remember... I think like $800CDN and that was in '88... '89... plus tax.   
      
   I'm not sure if Ward remembers how much he paid for his?   
      
   The thing about Radio Shock was that you could walk in with a fistful of cash   
   and moments later walk out with a complete computer ready to go. It didn't    
   need a floppy drive or controller or serial/printer port card, etc.   
      
   Nick   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
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