Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!godzilla.ele.toronto.edu!leblanc
From: leblanc@godzilla.ele.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc)
Subject: Re: My Amiga has a retarded brother...
Message-ID: <8804232232.AA03929@godzilla.ele.toronto.edu>
Keywords: Amiga VIC-20 marriage
Organization: EECG, University of Toronto
References: <263@vedge.UUCP> <601@lakesys.UUCP>
Date:	Sat, 23 Apr 88 17:12:36 EDT

In article <601@lakesys.UUCP> joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso) writes:
 ...
>Commodore was young and naive too then.  But don't feel bad, look at how many
>folks still use C-64 (and look at how many FOOLS buy C-128 systems for the
>same cost as an A500, figure that one...)

  First time computer users and most hackers would probably opt for the
A500, but this doesn't include everybody.

>Old hardware is always good at collecting dust. It would make a really
>terrific door stop, but I would think it classier to use it as a bookend or
>perhaps as a planter.

  Planter?  That sounds like a good idea!

 ...
>Concider how little speed and memory the VIC has. Just waiting for it, and
>tieing up a port on your machine, far outweighs any benifits it could provide.
>The Amiga would probably bench at 1-200 times faster than the VIC, ack.
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  This is obviously a joke.  2-3 times faster maybe, but not 100-200 times!

>I have *no* knowledge about the hardware specifics of the machine, so I have
>no concrete possibilities.
>
>-Joe@lakesys.UUCP

  Marcel A. LeBlanc
  University of Toronto -- Toronto, Canada
  also: LMS Technologies Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada

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