Re: World-wide 8-bit computer sales (all-time)?

[wildstar <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote in
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> Well, Richard, for corresponence and school papers, a daisywheel is
> far superior to a DMP, esp. one as poor as Commodore offered with the
> C-64. 
> 
> I'm not saying the C-64 was junk, not at all. Coleco simply had a
> great idea, at a great price, and failed to impliment it properly.
> They were a toy company trying to make it in the low cost home
> computer market (where even IBM failed - remember Junior?)
> 
> Consumer's Reports went with the Atari over CoCo, C-64, and ADAM, for 
> two reasons: the Atari printer (1027 I think) and AtariWriter. But
> they did the comparision because of the ADAM. It was a new idea in
> that market. 
> 
> Sheesh. Lighten up a little.

Well, the 1526 wan't that bad at all. I still have that printer and it 
still works. It was just simply a bit slow compared to modern printers.

It only depends on which model DMP you chose. CBM offered various models 
of  DMPs at the time. The 1526 was one of them and did a fairly decent 
job.