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From: fred@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Bowen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: A better C128 term (was Re: DesTerm gripes)
Message-ID: <6917@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 17:52:44 GMT
References: <2372.24724227@isishq.FIDONET.ORG> <867@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: fred@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Bowen)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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>In article <2372.24724227@isishq.FIDONET.ORG>, Geoffrey Welsh writes:
>If Commodore drops the c64, I think Atari or Japan Inc. will fill the void
>with a similarly priced clone and clean up.
>
>OK, Netlanders - what do *YOU* think?

What makes everybody think Commodore is going to drop the C64??  Sure there
are new concepts under development- there have been virtually every year since
the C64 (and C128) were introduced!  I personally have worked on three or four
such systems (C64+, C64D, C256, etc.).  This does not mean the C64 is being
dropped.  Considering it usually takes far more than a year from concept to
introduction of a new machine, especially if there are custom chips involved,
such R&D is clearly prudent.  Anyone, any company, who does plan ahead will
certainly be left behind at some point.  Although I am no spokesman for the
company, I'm quite sure Commodore is not going to give up the low-end
consumer/home/game market.
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