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From: rob@anwar.UUCP (Robert R Stegmann)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: Plunge into C64??
Message-ID: <173@anwar.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-May-85 00:55:45 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  9 00:55:45 1985
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[SOME programs have bugs!]


OK, netpeople, should I take a 500 or so dollar plunge and
buy a Commodore 64 with floppy disk?
(Actually, latest prices at toys r us: C64 = 139- , disk = 199-)

All I basically would use it for is to play INFOCOM games.
And maybe as a remote terminal from home to work.

First, I would like to know: how do the INFOCOM games as
adapted for the C64 come across - as polished as the
much-more-nicely-packaged versions available for the Apples
and IBMs? Or are they shoddy ports, as unattractive as their
Commodore-issue cartons?

Second, is it absurd to think of using a 2400 modem to let's say,
a VAX 11/785 running ULTRIX - can the C64 be used as an ANSI-compatable
terminal with the appropriate software, and if so, at what cost?

Please respond to me by direct e-mail if possible, as I am away
from the net for extended periods.

And thanks in advance.


rob

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