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From: Colin on 14 Jan 2010 12:38


"Bill Garber" <willy46pa(a)garberstreet.com> wrote in message
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> "jonny" <jonny(a)no-email.org> wrote in message
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>> On 12/01/2010 8:10pm, Bill Garber wrote:
>>> "pogi"<harbit(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> I've been away from mature computers for a while,
>>>> I just skimmed through the latest Commodore Free.
>>>> It looks like you guys are making the Commodore
>>>> new again with all the hardware stuff being made.
>>>> I especially like that NATAMI advanced Amiga
>>>> comparable. The Commodore certainly has not become
>>>> a door stop like the rest of them.
>>>>
>>>> Ken Harbit
>>>> Greenville NC
>>>
>>> What does this mean, "Like the rest of them"?
>>>
>>> Apple II and Atari 8-bit alike have some
>>> very nice innovative hardware made for them
>>> since they have acquired the name 'Vintage'.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> The Apple II would make a very expensive door stop!
>
> "THE" Apple II, yes, but you can get a II+, IIe, IIgs
> fairly reasonably these days. They are not all as 'Rare'
> as you may believe.
>
> Bill
>
>
Even the primary school kids didn`t like`m
Should`ve given them a C64 loaded with games :P

From: Bill Buckels on 14 Jan 2010 20:52
On Jan 14, 11:38 am, "Colin" <colmac1...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Even the primary school kids didn`t like`m
> Should`ve given them a C64 loaded with games

My kids didn't prefer either the Apple (II, //e, or GS) or the C=64...
and I always outfitted them with new IBM-PC's with sound cards and
high-end Video cards even in the '80's.

They used all 3 computers. Mr. Garber is right about the good stuff
being made for the Apple II... I just got a sound card add-in for my
FPGA Carte-Blanche... and at least the Apple II had firmware...

However, I have a large collection of both Apples and cbm's here and
don't see any point in slamming either... my MMC replay works well
enough.

As far as games and school, from what I see most of the kids in that
generation sadly never progressed much past that point of maturity.

Bill
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