Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!grr
From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hardware/software mixes.
Message-ID: <3022@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 87 22:35:47 GMT
References: <1644@van-bc.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <1644@van-bc.UUCP> lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) writes:
>  >As a final item for all of you to think on. Recall the various
>  >attempts to mix various different hardwares and programming
>  >systems in the same box, and their fate.
> 
>  >Can anyone offer a machine/system of this type that has become
>  >even a modest success?
> 
> The C128. 

Well, while the C128 is/was farily successful as a Commodore product, it
is not obvious that the availability of the Z80-CP/M subsystem had much
impact.  The machine also included an 80-column display capability, faster
6502 and a faster disk interface, not to mention being the only compatible
upgrade path available to the C64 user.  It's pretty definite that the C128
didn't create a major new market for consumer CP/M software.

At least in the case of the A2000, the IBM compatibility feature is only
a small incremental cost burden to the user who doesn't have any use for
it.  It also seems that PC compatibility is a more major and universal
issue that trailing edge CP/M compatibilty was.

-- 
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