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From: David.Plummer@f70.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (David Plummer)
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Subject: Z machine et al
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Date: 20 Dec 90 00:49:40 GMT
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I was wondering about two older Commodore machines that I saw/have promo
literature for but never actually saw the machines.  The first is the
Commodore 128PC LCD Laptop (did this ever make it to market?)
 
The second is a little more obtuse:  sometime between the SuperPET era
and the Amiga (a wide time slice, to be sure) there were rumours of some
"Z machine" that would multitask and a bunch of other stuff.  It couldn't
have been the amiga though, I think it was too early.  I don't think it
became the 128 (obviously).  Anyone ever heard of it, or have any idea
what I'm talking about?  
 
While I'm on the nostalgia kick:  Correct me if I'm wrong, (I likely
am), but wasn't one of Dave Haynie's original projects the 128?  If so,
(or even if not), would it have been possible to include an 8088 instead
of a Z80?  Was it a technical problem or purely cost?  Or even bad
judgement?  Imagine the software base! C64 and PC!  A toss-up to decide
which would be the more powerful mode :-)...



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