Re: Christmas 1984: The Great Apple//c vs. PCjr Battle

[Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPSattbi.com>]

In article <20021224172726.08041.00000242@mb-fw.aol.com>, Supertimer
<supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

> Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> > History/Nostalgia alert:
> > 
> > There's an interesting item on Charles Eicher's site about selling home 
> > computers during the 1984 Christmas shopping season.
> 
> You know, Consumer Reports did an article around this time
> that compared several home computers including the PCjr
> and the Apple IIc and you know what their conclusion was?
> The Apple IIc was the better machine.  They pointed out the
> bad video of the PCjr and the terrible "chicklet" keyboard
> (as in the chewing gum that came in the little squares) and
> the fact that it couldn't out of the box run many programs
> of the full IBM PC.

But what about the best limitation of the PCjr? The optional clock
attachment that would hose the optional hard drive.

G