3 Jan
2012
3 Jan
'12
2:12 a.m.
On Tue, 3 Jan 2012, Liam Proven wrote:
It was a very odd machine, though. I think the
unreleased C65 would
have been a much better upgrade. The 80col mode was good, but WTF was
the Z80 and CP/M doing in there? It was completely inappropriate to
the VIC/C64 market segment, added unnecessary cost and did not enhance
the functionality of the CBM side of things at all. A truly bizarre
addition.
I always assumed that the 128 was a [futile] attempt to make a 64
that could also run some "office" software, thus giving people an excuse
to buy a 64. "I can run Wordstar and Supercalc on it!"