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"TI was our biggest competitorand they've gone out of business,"Harter comments. "As far as businessgoes, it's going to help us." Roger Dooley, president of TenexComputer Marketing Systems, SouthBend, Indiana, echoes this optimisticviewpoint.''"I think that there is going to be alarge aftermarket for the next one ortwo years," he says. He notes that among the thirdparty vendors whose orders Tenexhandles, there is "95 percent enthusiasmto stay in a market in whicht h e i r l a r g e s t c o m p e t i t o r h a stheir largest competitor has deserted.''" However, he notes, "in the long runpeople question the viability of the TImarket" unless some of the rumorsof a compatible console to be producedby another company· company provetrue. (See related story Page 6). Henotes that there are ''two m1111on Tismillion TIsin place. Our position as a company isto support the TI market." He feels that the ''"mass marketchannels the products used to movethrough were typically not very supportive.They didn't know what wentwith what. I think that the aftermarketwill return to firms that canhelp them more." Gary Siegel, president of ChallengeSoftware,.a division of AshfordComputers, says, "Our plans, I suppose,are to wait and see. We haveadvertising in place that involvesmail order sales and we'll see whatdevelops."