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From: ejp@icd.ab.com (Ed Prochak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Is it really worth it?
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Date: 29 Oct 90 22:22:28 GMT
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regarding whether to trash the 64

In article <1990Oct25.095550.23881@evax.arl.utexas.edu>,
hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Col. Ames and Pixel) writes:
|> 
|>      HECK NO!!! If you have the money for a 286 then you could afford a 
|> Amiga 500 or a 2000. Then get a copy of TheA64Package by Questronix. It is 
|> a rather nice C64 emulator. Much better than commercial ones and this fine 
|> piece of shareware is 30.00+SH that includes a hardware adapter that
alows you
|> to use 64 DD's and printers.
|> 
|>      Now it wont be fast as a 64 but if you gotta play MULE... ya gotta play
|> MULE... If you want if I'll post some more just ask..
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|>  adam hill                                 "I will tell you three
things.."   
|>  hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu                     Make Up Your Own Mind.. AMIGA!
|>                                               Amiga... Multimedia NOW!!  
|>  24 Bit Color(n.) Large waster of bandwidth.  "Amiga walk with me ........"

Funny you should give MULE as an example, since I just got my son
interested in it recently. Now, I thought, this is great; something
wean him away from the nintendo. 

Now the bad news, he calls me yesterday "Papa, the computer doesn't work.
The monitor's a blank grey. cables seem fine. try typing something that
will hit the disc drive so I can isolate it. No activity. Check inside,
nothing obviously fried what's the problem?
Power seems okay.
the patient is listed as critical.

What this is all leading up to is:
tell me more about this A64 Package.

I need basically two bits of information:
	the 1541 still works right? I have all my checkbook information
	on the 64. I've got to balance the book soon! ( the checkbook
	program is writtem in BASIC, so it should still run right? )

	any chance this works on an AMIGA 1000? There is a chance I
	may be able to get a 1000, at least temporarily. So does the
	hardwaer work on any AMIGA???

If I can get a lowcost amiga, I will be happy. I may settle for
a used 128D if I can find one in good shape.

Thanks for any and all opinions on this topic.



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