Re: The Apple ][ was cool!

["Pockets" <pockets@cix.co.uk>]

"Andy Cadley" <ac@sys.uea.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Jon-paul wrote:
>
>
> One thing that Amstrad really did right with the launch of the CPC was to
> put it's weight behind the machine. Setting up Amsoft to ensure that there
> was a strong software base at launch gave it a much better grounding than
> many of the other machines which were launched with little or nothing to
> run on them.
>
> 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...
>
> AndyC
>
I concure, Much was made that it was a dedicated monitor rather than a TV.
The subtext on one hand was 'your kids will never be caught watching ' Max
headroom' or 'The young ones' on this screen, and on the other hand 'if your
serious about computing, you need a dedicated monitor, here is a whole all
in one package with a good bit of grunt power behind it!
The Amsoft idea was a corker to get inital support. Many good machines
simply sank without trace with only a few Very Very good Level 9 Adventures
ever comming out for them at best (did anyone else make games for the
Lynx?).
Only Acornsoft and Atari seems to have done the same to any great impact.

JP