Subj : Re: Price Piece in your c
To   : Dr. What
From : ACMEBBS
Date : Sun May 15 2022 00:58:00

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 -=> ACMEBBS wrote to Dr. What <=-

 AC> Had thought about getting one of these back in the day...but ended up
 AC> getting a 64C because of all the hardware/software I had from the 64 I
 AC> got through college with. Was wondering what makes the Plus/4 so
 AC> enjoyable?

 DW> I don't know.  I have a C64 breadbin, a C128 and the Plus/4.

 DW> I don't know what it is, but I just enjoy using it.  I think it's
 DW> mostly the styling and updated BASIC (compared to the C64).  It's like
 DW> working on a color PET with more RAM.

With my C64 Forever...I can understand that. The look/feel is different.

 AC> As for other Commodore's...never heard of a PET until a few years ago.
 AC> Heard they were popular back in the day (before the 64)...but remember
 AC> seeing tons of PC's and Tandy's & HP/IBM mainframes...but no PET's.
 AC> Have any idea why?

 DW> It depends on when and where.

 DW> In my case, when schools in my area were getting on the "computer
 DW> bandwagon" Commodore had given them a "buy 2, get 1 free" deal that
 DW> Apple and Radio Shack didn't (at that time - Apple started to give
 DW> schools deals later on).

 DW> So for all of High School, I worked on the PETs daily.  Sometimes over
 DW> lunch, sometimes in computer class.

With me graduating high school at one of the worst schools in the Oklahoma City
area in the late '70's...never got to see a computer...except at Radio Shack &
such. Was a junior in college before I took my 1st computer class to fulfill my
math requirement for graduation. From there...never did drugs...but the drug
for me was in chip form with a ZX81 I bought used for $5...VIC-20 used for
$20...then the 64 when I saved $200 and got it by mail order in 1984.

When I started out...worked/played on an Apple ][/HP 3000 in the computer lab.
Now...am reliving those days with an emulation of the Apple
hardware...especially the GS I never had a chance of using back in the day.
.... Heisenberg may have slept here.
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