Re: The Apple ][ was crap

[Biggo <biggo@blue-win.ch>]

Lord of the Flies a *crit :
> 
> But if Commie users are do dumb and Speccys users are so smart,

That's not what I was saying. I admit Commie users were left
with a d�pliant with "manual" written on. You could barely
learn to load a program from cassette with that.

> then how
> come you're so WRONG?  Hmmm?  I bought my C=64 in the US in Dec. of '82
> and it DID have a manual in the box, the same manual that everyone else
> got!  Ha!  So there!  =-D  In your face!  Whaddya think of that!?

The User's Guide, right. The d�pliant. Have you ever seen the
*MANUAL* that came with the original Spectrum? It was a complete
BASIC course, plus a description of system variables, MC mnemonics,
programming techniques etc.

> You're no doubt thinking of the _Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference_
> _Guide_ which is certainly not the same thing.  You DID have to buy that
> one, and it wasn't for beginners like the--and any good--_User's Guide_.

I was thinking of that, exactly. I can't imagine how anybody can
write even a simple program on the C64 without that book.

The reason seems obvious to me: while the Spectrum was a home
computer dedicated to the hobbyist, the 64 was meant to play
games and run programs written by other people (the -ooooh!-
"Programmers"!)

-- 
Biggo. Con firma provvisoria.