X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9c5db9e6be40caff X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-22 16:38:03 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!amsnews01.chello.com!Flipper.POSTED!not-for-mail From: ppunk@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Way OT : Commodore C64 rulez Organization: Total Disorganisation Message-ID: References: <16gr8tgalfh8057ciisd8uakbji47jar43@4ax.com> <2g3u8tgim9e14esk4a7nh9mesg9o6d3oas@4ax.com> <60u09t8aabjgmcqgi4fmimgsadebq2tp0j@4ax.com> <96qb3i$c7c$1@news.inet.tele.dk> <67339t8fru9fdr18puupjo25edr7cvndo5@4ax.com> <971qsp$n8u$1@news.inet.tele.dk> <9737v1$7m2$1@news.inet.tele.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 45 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 00:36:30 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.93.74.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@chello.nl X-Trace: Flipper 982888590 213.93.74.225 (Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:36:30 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 01:36:30 MET Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4558 On Thu, 22 Feb 2001 15:34:30 +0100, "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" provoked the following text: >> >> >This discussion is way offtopic .. but I still find it interesting .. >> >> >and so may other ascii-artists - Most of us are geek's anyways. >> >> And besides, there are still only few people in the NGs that never had a >> >> C64 ("Well, i had one but i got tired from waiting for the tape to load...") >> >I never owned a tape .. My first computer was the 128D (builtin 1541) >> 1571, actually.. :-) Double sided, burst transfers, MFM support (for reading >> all those CP/M formats). >Again you are right .. I thought about this after i had sent the post but >didn't bother as the main message was clear .. the one with the builtin >floppydrive. Ah, but there was not just one C128 with built-in FDD but two. The first one, the C128D had a plastic housing, a handle to carry it from one place to another (like you would! it was too heavy!) and a 16KB VDU. The second one, the C128DCR had a metal housing, was a bit lower in height than the C128D and had a 64KB VDU. >Anyways it does matter now .. I sold it some years ago (but still had it for >many years aaftyer they stopped making it). Ah, but VICE also comes with a C128DCR emulation! >Got an extremly good price too. >Money i used on buying an accelerator for my Amiga (which I still have .. and >think about selling since my amiga needs can now be filled by an emulator and >if i'm going to use one again it will have to be new hardware .. and new >amiga's are very much speculative dreaming.) Amiga? YUCK! 8-bits are the way of the future! -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Draai je V3.03 al van de SETI@home client? http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. 827wu/1.27yrs The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.