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Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

Subject: Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
From: Jason <tmr@c64.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:41:31 +0100
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.tandy
Organization: Cosine Digital Media
References: <3B511638.E704ED11@usa.net> <3B530194.2AAAC1D8@swbell.net> <ZF7FzMCcxxU7EwGV@cosine.demon.co.uk> <9ivr4r$t2v$1@plutonium.compulink.co.uk> <3B5469A6.959A272F@swbell.net> <g0_47.21703$JN6.4270507@news1.rdc1.mi.home.com> <9j1t45$21q$1@plutonium.compulink.co.uk> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10107180855460.9035-100000@zen.sys.uea.ac.uk> <9j3p3j$nej$1@plutonium.compulink.co.uk>
Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:11034 comp.sys.cbm:18640 comp.sys.sinclair:45446 comp.sys.tandy:3509

Andy:
> They also seemed to have a much clearer idea of the market sector they
> were aiming at, things like bundling a monitor and CP/M support ment that
> it was much easier to persuade the more serious user into buying one than
> a C64/Speccy. And since a lot of buyers were parents wanting a machine for
> their kids to do schoolwork on...

Pockets:
> Only Acornsoft and Atari seems to have done the same to any great
> impact.

Commodore had their own software arm which produced a few titles, Space
Ranger was probably my favourite (a fabby likkle horizontal scrolling
SEU) but the best known are International Soccer and Jack Attack.  Space
Snake on the VIC was pretty cool too. =-)
-- 
Jason  =-)
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References:
- The Apple ][ wasn't crap!
  - From: Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Jason <tmr@c64.org>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "Jon-paul" <pockets@cix.co.uk>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "Jon-paul" <pockets@cix.co.uk>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: Andy Cadley <ac@sys.uea.ac.uk>
- Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
  - From: "Pockets" <pockets@cix.co.uk>

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