Posted by TonyP on 09/20/05 02:23

doc wrote:

> thanks for the input TonyP. i sure liked hearing that the machine i have
> will more than likely be sufficient. i will eventually upgrade the memory
> all the way to 4Gb but i was shocked to see you have an x800. hmmmm, they
> told me the x700 was the last one out. just goes to show ya that the stores
> will say whatever is necessary to get the product out the door :o)

The X800XT was their top card at one time. Now, it's the X850XT. The
X700XT, then the Pro version and finally, just the X700 in order of
performance. The X700 was not the last one out. It was/is ATI's
mid-range card for those that wanted an alternative other than nVidia's
6600GT. My card competes with nVidia's 6800GT.

> the coleco story was one that i made a fortune off of since most of my
> cleints wanted to experience just a tenth of their success. and like you
> say, they made a big mistake with Adam and it was a total disaster, which i
> later incorporated into the downside of over estimating ones capabilities
> and to know your enemy as well as yourself because c64 did their homework
> and made it simple (componentized) so that folks could spend what they wanna
> spend and get what THEY wanted and not a package with a bunch of bells and
> whistles they maybe don't need.

Yeah, like the daisey wheel printer for the Adam computer. In some ways,
it was an interesting product. Expand your gaming console to a "full
fledge" computer. But, after doing the research, I opted for a Commodore
64 and haven't looked back. It was a gaming computer. The C64 community
was great. I met a lot of great people who used the computer and I
started my first BBS off of one using CNet software. Ahh... the days of
side sector editing on SFD 1001's and my huge at the time C9060 5meg HD!

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