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title: "Newsletter Exchange: Industry News"
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excerpt: "Reprints from other newsletters: Amstrad announcement of eight IBM-compatible PC models from $595 (Business Week, Sept 15-28); letter from Sir Clive Sinclair clarifying that Amstrad bought only existing computer range and brand name, not Sinclair Research Ltd. (Electronics, Aug 7, 1986); Better RGB Circuit improvement by Joe Williamson (from SUM NL July 1986)."
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# Newsletter Exchange: Industry News

Reprints from other newsletters: Amstrad announcement of eight IBM-compatible PC models from $595 (Business Week, Sept 15-28); letter from Sir Clive Sinclair clarifying that Amstrad bought only existing computer range and brand name, not Sinclair Research Ltd. (Electronics, Aug 7, 1986); Better RGB Circuit improvement by Joe Williamson (from SUM NL July 1986).