Why I didn't buy a Pi

[Kronos]

Of course your RC30 would wipe the pants off the Vincent the same way my gaming laptop would roll over my A500. I'm disapointed in you Iggy for making that kind of comparison - you should know better  

So when you wrote:
"But the British made the Vincent Black Shadow - the best motorbike of all time! "

You really meant:
"But the British made the Vincent Black Shadow - the best motorbike of it's time! "

[Kronos]

Instead of three crappy cpus, why not use one decent one?

Because that was NOT the point of the C128 project ?

You know C= did have some plans for a "16Bit" computer, that was canned when the purchased Amiga, the 128 was meant to the last&best of all 8Bits.

As such it needed compability with the C64 and it's massive SW pool, the Z80 was added to add "pro" level CPM-SW. The 3rd CPU was in the diskdrive, cos thats how all C= 8Bit floppies flew.

Was the whole concept smart ? Or maybe just a few years late ?
Doubt that was a decision Dave and the engeneering team could make, but for what was demaned/allowed by managment they sure came along with a hell of a puter.