Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!cbnewsj!tlo From: tlo@cbnewsj.att.com (trevor.l.obermann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ALL PLEASE RESPOND... Summary: reply Keywords: Survey Message-ID: <1990Nov28.072910.12427@cbnewsj.att.com> Date: 28 Nov 90 07:29:10 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 62 In article , lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) writes: > > Please take a minute to answer these questions... > I am asking them mainly out of curiousity, but I do have some need for > the information. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 1. What computer do you own? If you own a C128 indicate how much > 80-column video RAM you have (i.e. 16K or 64K). For those that aren't > sure, the standard C128 has 16K unless you had it upgraded. The C128D > has 64K. C128 w/64k video & C64 > > 2. What hardware (i.e. disk drives, printers, etc.--include company > and model) do you own? 1541 (1), 1571 (2), 1581 (2), ICT Datachief HD (20meg) MPS-801, MPS-1000, Epson LQ-850, Hot Shot Interface (0k), Compuadd Printer buffer (256k), Skyles IEEE-488 Interface, 1650, 1660, GVC 2400 modem (MNP class 5), AT&T 2224-CEO modem (300 - 4800bps), AT&T 2296A modem (4800 - 19200bps), Capetronic modem (1200bps), 1902 monitor, NEC Multisync 3D monitor, 1350 & 1351 mouse, Magic Voice (speech), Light Pen, 5 Joysticks, 1750 REU > > 3. Do you own GEOS? What version? (1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, > 2.0--for the 64 or 128 or both) Versions (1.2, 1.3, 2.0) for both C128 & C64 > > 4. Do you own ANY kind of external RAM device? (i.e. C17xx, GEORAM, > RamLink, RamDrive, Brown Box, PageFox...). How much memory does it > have? 1750 (512k) > > 5. What is your main area of interest? (i.e. programming, graphics, > music, sound, games, education, business, animation, > telecommunications...) Programming, games, telecommunications, business > > 6. Explain any comments, suggestions, criticisms, or whatever that you > have with your computer and/or its software/hardware. (This is > optional since it can be quite long). Time to move to the world of 32bit PC's and let my Commodore rest in peace! > > 7. For GEOS owners, are you satisfied with the operating system? What > weaknesses do you find with it? What suggestions do you have if there > were to be a version 3.0? I think the whole GEOS idea is rather ridiculus for the Commodore machines in my opinion it just doesn't work and never will. -- +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ + Trevor L. Obermann Compuserve 71556.351.compuserve.com + + AT&T-BL MT NJ Usenet tlo@cbnewsj.att.com + + GEnie trevor +