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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Commodore Research and Development.
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Date: 4 Jan 91 06:46:00 GMT
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In article <1991Jan4.042822.9185@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> md41@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Marcus  Dolengo) writes:
>Why he mentioned commodore's pc clones is beyond me, all I can say is that C=
>didnt start making clones until maybe 4 years ago, if my memory serves me 
>right. And the laptop industry only recently started booming, with all sales
>being messy dos machines <dont think the Mac laptop has sold well but it also
>happens to weigh a ton>
>
	Actually Commodore DOES make a laptop. They are shipping
a 286 laptop which most likely cannot be bought outside of
Europe. However, considering it wouldn't SELL outside of Europe
that is hardly a negative.
	The only point Marc made worth remembering is the high
density drive issue. I would like double storage on my floppies!
Cut the number of discs for my hard drive backup in half. Cut the
number of disks I get with software in half (unless it was only
one 8). Game people could even put twice as much graphics/sounds
on one disk. It has a lot of advantage. Unfortunately it is a
technological nightmare for CBM because it apparently requires a
reworking of the chip set unless you do an expensive disk drive
or a half speed disk drive. The Applied Engineering drive is the
latter.
	-- Ethan

	"Don't forget the importance of the family. It begins
with the family. We're not going to redefine the family.
Everybody knows the definition of the family. ... A child. ... A
mother. ... A father. There are other arrangements of the family,
but that is a family and family values."

	-- Dan Quayle, of course. Our beloved Vice President.
	It's just too easy!