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ÓUBJECT: ÒE: Ã=16 VS Ã=+4 QUESTION
ÄATE: 20 ÓEP 1995 14:13:33 -0400
ÏRGANIZATION: ÂRAIN ÉNNOVATIONS, ÉNC.
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ÉN ARTICLE <43N35O$LCD@GIGA.BGA.COM>,
SLKNIGHT@BALLISTIC.COM (×ARPSMITH) WROTE:
> PSAMPSON@BNR.CA (ÐAUL ÓAMPSON) WROTE:
> 
> >ÊUST PICKED UP A Ã=16 AND A Ã=+4, AND WAS (PLEASENTLY) SHOCKED TO
> >FIND OUT THAT MOST OF THE GAMES SEEM TO BE COMPATIBLE, ACCORDING
> >TO THE PACKAGING.
> 
> >ÁM É CORRECT IN THINKING THAT THE Ã=16 IS THE SAME AS THE +4, BUT
> >WITH 32K LESS ÒÁÍ AND NO 'BUSINESS' SOFTWARE? É REMEMBER THE REVIEW

48Ë LESS ÒÁÍ, NO BUNDLED Ó×, AND NO 6551.

> >ÆINALLY, WHAT SOFTWARE SUPPORT WAS THERE? É CURRENTLY HAVE ABOUT

NOT MUCH.

>  ÙOU NEED TO READ THIS MONTHS ÃOMMODORE ×ORLD MAGAZINE!
> ÔHIS MONTH ÊIM ÂRAIN TALKS ABOUT THE ÃÂÍ 264 SERIES AND 
> COMPATABILITY, PROS AND CONS ECT.
> 
>  ÈOPE YOU GOT A 1551 DISK DRIVE! ÔHE 1541 WORKS FINE WITH
> ALL MY STUFF (ALL 5 THINGS I HAVE THAT RUNS ON A PLUS 4), BUT
> IT APPEARS TO BE INCOMPATABLE WITH THE ÒÏÍ BASED FIRMWARE.

ÄID É SAY THAT?  É DIDN'T MEAN TO.  ÔHE 1541 SEEMS TO WORK WITH THE SOFTWARE
IN MY UNITS, BUT THEN AGAIN, É DIDN'T USE THE SOFTWARE THAT LONG (ÂLECH!)

>  É MYSELF AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD TERM PROGRAM FOR THE PLUS4 BEING
> AS THE PLUS 4 SERIES HAS A 6551 ÕÁÒÔ CHIP, ULIKE THE Ã64, IT SHOULD 
> BE ABLE TO RUN VERY VERY FAST WITH A GOOD MODEM. ÔHAT WOULD
> MAKE BBS/INTERNET HOPPING REAL COOL!

ÃHECK WITH ÊACK ÖANDERWHITE, AS HE HAS THE BIGGEST STASH OF +4 STUFF É KNOW
OF.

ÊIM

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