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From: horton@fortune.UUCP (Randy Horton)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: Commodore vs. Atari
Message-ID: <5526@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 16:10:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: fortune.5526
Posted: Wed Sep  4 16:10:23 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 5-Sep-85 09:52:17 EDT
References: <268@ihnet.UUCP> <9900005@uiucdcsp> <691@terak.UUCP>
Reply-To: horton@fortune.UUCP (Randy horton)
Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
Lines: 33
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>> Point #2:  Commodore slipped in the market last Christmas (and still is, by the
>>            way) due to a serious fault in that company - they completely scrap
>>            the old machine when a new one comes along.
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>I don't think one can defend the (implied) charge that Commodore is far
>more likely to scrap an old machine when introducing a new one than
>other manufacturers.  Of the micros available at the time the C64 was
>announced, very few are still supported, and the C64 is one of them (and
>the new C128 has a C64 compatibility mode).
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The VIC20 would run many (small) programs written for the old CBM line of
computers.  Then came the C64, which would run many of the programs written
for both the CBM line and the VIC20.  Now we have the C128, which will run
many of the same programs, plus will run ALL programs written for the C64,
in C64 mode.   Many (most) of the peripherals first introduced with the VIC
can be used with both the C64 and the C128 (like the modems, RS232 interface,
disk drive, cassette, etc.).  Obviously this is a manufacturer whose new
products make it's old ones totally obsolete :-)
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