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Offline Minuous

Re: C64OS v1.0 released!
« on: March 31, 2024, 04:31:13 PM »
I must be missing something...This seems completely pointless; who would pay the huge amounts of money being asked for this? Consequently, with no users why would anyone write software for this OS?
 

Offline Minuous

Re: C64OS v1.0 released!
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2024, 10:54:56 PM »
No, the two are not even remotely comparable. OS3.2 is an upgrade to the official OS, with a large existing software library stretching back decades and far more users than this thing will ever have.
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Offline Minuous

Re: C64OS v1.0 released!
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2024, 09:53:58 PM »
>That's a gross exaggeration.  C64 OS doesn't cost "huge amounts of money".  It's $59 or $64, depending on which package you buy.  And that's in Canadian dollars, not the more expensive US dollars.

That's a lot to pay for 8-bit software these days, especially when rival OSes such as GEOS are free (and have more apps available).

>At the very least, C64 OS is a fun demo, meant to dazzle you, your friends, retrocomputing show attendees, etc.

That seems an odd use case; there are thousands of cracktros and other demos that could be used for that.
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