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From: lncjb@cc.nu.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Now for some BAD news,,,
Message-ID: <6141.278486d5@cc.nu.oz.au>
Date: 4 Jan 91 03:44:53 GMT
Organization: University of Newcastle
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I was down at the newsagents not long ago, wondering where the hell
	COMPUTE!64 had disappeared to (has it gone under?) when I notice
	one of the British computing game magazines had a feature on the
	'Commodore GC' - a game console based on the 64. I was in a
	state of shock for the next 5 minutes,,, the historic CBM64
	being offically declared a 'games machine' :-X

I didn't buy this magazine ($9 for a 64 page mag -blerk!) but after
	a quick look, the GC looks like a gray (colour?) foolscap sized
	book, no keyboard or any ports except for the joysticks. The
	BASIC ROM is gone, with only a rudimentry Kernal OS.

Commodore UK also mentioned 'mega-cartridges' - Games stored in up
	to 512k ROM, so GC owners wouldn't need a disk drive. I'd
	expect these to work on the 'TOS' & 'TNG' 64's

Anyone in the know about this?  Any Poms care to comment?


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Chris "Polar" Baird   (What else would you call a person who wore
		       white jumpers when a senior at high-school?)

Undergrad(Physics) @ Newcastle Uni
temp. address     LNCJB@cc.nu.oz.au