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From: kenb@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Ken Bright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: NOVICE NEEDS ADVICE!
Message-ID: <254@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: Fri, 16-Oct-87 17:00:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: mitisft.254
Posted: Fri Oct 16 17:00:08 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Oct-87 02:54:37 EDT
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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Keywords: HAVE C-64, WHAT ELSE DO I NEED?

I recently got a C-64 (actually for my 10-year old). I have an 
old color TV for display, but no tape or disk. I need some 
experienced advice on building a usable system that we will 
be satisfied with. 

This is a LOW BUDGET project. 

I need a floppy disk drive. Should I get a C-1541? C-1541C? 
any other vendors drive? What's a 1571/1581? Comments and 
opinions are needed! Please help! 

Any suggestions on software? Should I jump into GEOS? I'm 
interested in a good word processor and color graphic games. 

Recommendations on a modem? Is 300 too slow? Is 1200 reliable? 
Which ones break the most frequently? 

Will we outgrow our old color TV? Do most people end up with a 
color monitor? 

My experience has been mostly hardware related on larger computer 
systems running UNIX. I'm willing to hack. I just started to 
read this news group and Commodore Magazine, any advice is 
tremendously appreciated! 

Ken Bright 
kenb@Convergent.COM 
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