C64 vs. Spectrum (was Re: Hardest to Find Classic Computers ( SX64)) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

20 Dec 2001

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: Glen Goodwin [mailto:acme_ent@bellsouth.net]
 Sent: 20 December 2001 05:33
 To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 Subject: C64 vs. Spectrum (was Re: Hardest to Find Classic Computers
 (SX64))

 Don't go near comp.sys.sinclair.  "Commode" users get slammed 
 there on a
 regular basis -- and hard.  
Conversely, don't go near any of the cbm newsgroups either; sometimes the
arguments plunge to new depths of childishness, and more often than not the
cbm-ers get their internet buddies to troll c.s.s till people start leaving.

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  The general opinion seems to be that the C64 folks
stole the 
 best games
 from the Spec, and cut price to run Sinclair out of the market. 
For me the C64 was too expensive when I was Speccy buying, and I only got
*that* because I sold my ZX81. 

I'm not gonna say any more - might start another flamewar :)

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