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Article #11Re: Is this group really for Commodore 64 users?
From: Roger Heathcote
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 13:06
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 13:06
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In article <486rhm$3qe1@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, vcowley <vcowley@lamar.colostate.edu> writes: > icebrkr@eskimo.com (Andrew Krepela) wrote: > >In article <47qvvb$o40@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>, > >Martin R. Olah <martino@gomez.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > >>>Does anybody else have C-64 memories? Does anybody still _use_ theirs? > > > Hey!! It was the only computer I had up utill Aug.95. I used it for > everthing. I still use it for my family finances. The only reason I > bought a PC is because on of my wife's professors would not let her turn > in papers printed on a dot matrix print. I plan to keep my c64 and let > my kids learn to program on it. > > Vince > Good idea, if you learn to program well on a machine with 64k and low powered CPU then just imagine what you`ll be able to do on a modern machine. There`s a version of defender knocking about which will only run on a 386 or higher !! People are getting sloppy with their code, I say make `em write on spectrums and c64s first, hopefully they`ll appreciate the power at their disposal when they get to use it. BTW, I need a PSU for a UK vic20, anyone ? Rog.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!yama.mcc.ac.uk!dmu!se1rh From: se1rh@dmu.ac.uk (Roger Heathcote) Newsgroups: alt.c64,comp.sys.cbm,comp.emulators.cbm Subject: Re: Is this group really for Commodore 64 users? Date: 13 Nov 1995 13:06:45 GMT Organization: De Montfort University, Leicester Distribution: world Message-ID: <487ft5$jbs@macondo.dmu.ac.uk> References: <47qvvb$o40@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <DHxI39.26F@eskimo.com> <486rhm$3qe1@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: aether.cms.dmu.ac.uk