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From: anderson@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Joel Peter Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ah, gimme a *real* project!        (Re: New 64 emulator?)
Message-ID: <635@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 12 Oct 90 13:31:13 GMT
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In article <6758@sugar.hackercorp.com> 
peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:

>No, the *real* Atari 800 fans went to the Amiga. The rest are just munchkins.
>There are no C=64 fans, just victims.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...... don't get me started..... >I< am a C64 fan, AND an
Amiga owner. (Yeah, I am the one who started this whole recent C64 
emulator discussion)   I would still say I could and did do more with my little
'64 than most people with overblown PC or Macs .....(MOST people; not
every power user buying corporate software on someone else's budget)

An interesting point - I attended a Commodore funded soiree where a bunch
of 64 Fans were pumped for the secret of 'getting 64 users to go Amiga'.  A
number of strategies were discussed, but overall, there was TREMENDOUS C64
loyalty;  these people would CONSIDER buying Amiga... maybe.  And they were
an interesting cross-section - receptionist, grocery worker, technicians,
News manager for a Public radio station (who bought C128s over PCs to 
get his entire staff outfitted, instead of just him.) and many others who
used 64/128s VERY productively - and many were financially unable to think
about junking there 64/128 system for ANY computer, let alone the one we
all know is supreme....

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