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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: CBM engineer Bil Herd to attend CommVEx 2015
« on: May 10, 2015, 04:16:28 AM »
Quote from: Iggy;789073
With the C128, you got a additional processor (a rather slow Z80) and CPM support?

The C128, in actual C128 mode, was a fantastic computer for the time.  Shame most software was written for "the least common denominator", the C64, and required that the C128 run in C64 mode to use it.  Had more software actually been written for the C128 mode...  who knows...  :(
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Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: CBM engineer Bil Herd to attend CommVEx 2015
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2015, 05:15:34 PM »
Quote from: Iggy;789087
then go crank up some Motorhead.

After that try GEOS 128 with a 1581 or one of those CMD hard drives, and the extra 512K of RAM.  It really wasn't a bad system, for the era.  Oh, how I drooled over the C128 in the magazines.  Right up until I got my Amiga, of course.  ;)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos