Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

[Leonard Erickson <shadow@krypton.rain.com>]

Rubywand wrote:
> 
> MagerValp writes ...
> >
> > >>>>> "R" == Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> writes:
> >
> > R> Commodore and Atari "lost the plot" in 1985 when they abandoned
> > R> their 65xx machine user bases. Neither the ST nor the Amiga was
> > R> ever serious competition for PC.
> >
> > What? The Amiga and Atari ruled the home computer market during the
> > late 80s and early 90s.
> >
>  ....
> 
>      Unfortunately, no. Things would have been a good deal more interesting had
> either machine captured a big chunk of the home market; but, it never happened.
> 
>      Although Amiga was a better computer than ST, it was a much bigger
> mistake. By 1985 there weren't all that many Atari users; but, Commodore had a
> chance to easily move many thousands of C64 users up to any new 65xxx-based
> 'Super C64' it might introduce. Instead, Commodore came out with a totally
> alien 'color Mac'.

Keep in mind that Commoore didn't *develop* the Amiga. It was developed
by somebody else and they wound up having to go to Commodore for
capital.

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