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

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Max Volume wrote:
> In article <WMoLa.14640$Ei4.12663@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>, Sam Gillett
> <samgillett@msn.com> wrote:
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> > The connection may have been what killed the Adam.
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> No, poor design killed the ADAM, pure and simple.

The ADAM's design was great. Once again, the weakness was letting a 
machine hit the market before it had been debugged. By the time the bugs 
were worked out, well, Edsels never sold well either.

Roy

> > Just as people chose The Atari 2600 over Intellivision(sp?).  The name
> > connection.  Mattel was a _toy_ company, not an _electronics_ company.
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> Again, poor design (those stupid disc controllers), plus a lack of
> arcade titles, which was almost the whole point of owning a video game
> console -- so you could play the arcade hits at home.



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