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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"? (long)
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Date: 15 Apr 91 22:36:19 GMT
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In article <m0jSNab-0003OuC@reed.edu> kuch@reed.bitnet (Jerry Kuch) writes:
>
>I think the meaning that was intended is from the past, not the present.  Of
>course the 64 is no big deal today...8 bit micros are effectively DEAD!  Find
>a valid surviving computer that is in the C64's market now?  The 8 bit micro
>field is not current!  Hanging on by its fingernails as it bleeds to death,
>maybe...
>
	In the US it may be dead, but the C=64 sold over 700,000
machines last year, somehow, somewhere. Dead? Nah. Old? Definitely.

	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.