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- From: exuhag@exu.ericsson.se (James Hague)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 10th anniversay of the C=64?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.220708.5325@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 22:07:08 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.064233.7154@pimacc.pima.edu>
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- In article 7154@pimacc.pima.edu, ppugliese@pimacc.pima.edu () writes:
- >
- >The best thing to compare the Apple with is the TRS-80
- >model I & III. I would compare the C64 to the various Atari 8-bitters
- >that were around back then.
-
- Yeah, the Atari 8-bit machines are a hardware programmer's delight
- in the same way that the Amiga and C-64 are. The plain Apple II,
- though very capable machine, is much more vanilla flavored. The
- Atari machines have sprites similar to the Amiga's ("unlimited"
- height), allow custom display modes which can be composed of
- 16 basic modes, built-in support for horizontal and vertical
- interrupts, 256 colors to choose from, hardware support for
- smooth scrolling, a four voice sound chip, a hardware random
- number generator, etc. A very nice machine--especially considering
- it was released in 1979. Of course, it had its problems too.
-
- But I don't mean to start up the dreaded System Wars again.
- Remember all the Apple vs. C-64 vs. Atari junk of the 1980s?
- What a waste. Perhaps the best part of all these machines,
- especially in comparison with modern computers, is that _you_
- are in control. You don't have to succumb to the whims of
- a company bungling around with a huge operating system. You
- don't have to perform mainframe-like system administration
- duties. It's your machine and you can do what you want.
-
- --
- James Hague
- exuhag@exu.ericsson.se
-