Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!jolnet!brendan From: brendan@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US (Brendan Kehoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: C128 D & 64C Keywords: discontinued Message-ID: <919@jolnet.ORPK.IL.US> Date: 13 Jun 89 01:23:47 GMT References: <21945@genrad.UUCP> Reply-To: brendan@jolnet.UUCP (Brendan Kehoe) Distribution: usa Organization: Jolnet Public Access Unix Lines: 33 pcr@genrad.com (Perry Rothermel) wrote in comp.sys.cbm: >I understand that Commodore has discontinued the 128D and in the near future > will stop making the 64C. I just read on a BBS about 2 hours ago the exact same thing, save for no mention of the 64C (that'd be shooting themselves in the foot, as well as a few hundred software houses). The poster on the BBS said that the reason behind this action was the many problems people have been having with them. So why the HELL didn't they stick with the 128?? (Soapbox time) Instead of trying to look like a PC, they should've stuck with the original 128 design. They could've easily made the 128D precisely what I'm typing on now (the "old" 128) by putting in the rom & vdc ram upgrades. I've used both machines, and having a 1571 *always* there is a PAIN in the ass. Cancelling the entire 128 line is NOT a way to fix an original screwup. For chrissakes, there was NOTHING irreparably wrong with the original 128. Why does the same thought keep popping up in my head: BUSINESS machines? After selling over 13 millioon 64's and 128's, they're just now deciding to go with the Colt, PC-ad nauseams, and pump up the Amiga line? Come on guys..that's like a 5-and-10 suddenly turning into Tiffany's because they saw that they could get more money faster with less people bitching about problems. Of course, if this rumor is FALSE, then I've just made a complete ass of myself and must accept any flames a due course. (Sheesh) Well, that's my four-dollars worth. -- Brendan Kehoe brendan@cup.portal.com | GEnie: B.KEHOE | Oh no! I forgot to say goodbye brendan@chinet.chi.il.us | CI$: 71750,2501 | to my mind! brendan@jolnet.orpk.il.us | Galaxy: Brendan | - Abby Normal