C-64 vs the world (vintage flamebait) (was Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers)

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Apr 23 12:01:31 2002

--- Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com> wrote:
> I don't understand how you can call the Commodore 64 a "video toy".

I certainly don't. For several years, it was the source of my paycheck.

> My C64 was used for games, but it was also used to do spreadsheets and
> word processing.

I didn't do

> Now compare the cost of the 64 to a PC/AT at the time...

More like the original PC - both came out about the same time - 1982.
The C-64 was $595 (no disk), the original PC was $2880, 64KB of RAM
and, also, no disk. The PC-AT came out several years later with a
standard configuration price (including hard disk) of $5K.

ISTR it took several years until the PC (and descendents) beat the C-64 in
total sales in dollars and years after that until it passed in total
units sold (the C-64 had a run of about 17 million, IIRC).

> And I believe that the C64 graphics kicked the PC/AT's ass... ;)

Up until EGA, that was true.

But it wasn't the graphics that did it - 80 column text was important
to the PC, as was compatbility between home and work.

-ethan


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