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

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> >The C-64 couldn't touch the Coleco, because at the price they had only a
> >VERY poor DMP, and their infamous tape system.
>
> The C64 does not have a poor DMP, whatever a DMP is.  If it has anything
to
> do with display, the VIC (Video Interface Chip) in the C64 was the most
> advanced display processor available in a low cost home computer in 1983.
> As for the tape system, at least it worked in a reliable fashion.  And,
for
> the $600 price tag you mentioned for the Coleco, by 1984 you could get a
C64
> and a disk drive.

DMP, I believe, is Dot Matrix Printer. ;-)

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
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