Was anyone else disappointed with the A1200?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by grelbfarlk

They would have make trillions.

"Read my lips, no new chips!"

"I can't read them from here, bring them closerlier" *Saxophone begins*


"We need a new slot on the side of this A1200, something smaller and narrower."

"What about Pee See Em Cee Eye Aye?"

"But is it hot swappable?"

"Let's try it!"

*Tears and muttering ensues*

"I guess there are some timing issues."

If only more people could be this beautifully broken

[Thorham]

Originally Posted by TCD

If only more people could be this beautifully broken

That's a bit too broken for me

[haps]

Originally Posted by grelbfarlk

They would have make trillions.

"Read my lips, no new chips!"

"I can't read them from here, bring them closerlier" *Saxophone begins*


"We need a new slot on the side of this A1200, something smaller and narrower."

"What about Pee See Em Cee Eye Aye?"

"But is it hot swappable?"

"Let's try it!"

*Tears and muttering ensues*

"I guess there are some timing issues."

Hmmmmm.......


I read that and I picture Hammer and Abbott sitting in a basement somewhere together planning their next weeks worth of inane bantering to perpetuate this abomination of a thread.

[pandy71]

Originally Posted by Thorham

No? Yes? Are you really sure? (but for sure really, really)?

[pandy71]

Originally Posted by Dunny

I heard that it was not, so they didn't.

Oh, hows that? For sure they could have success - you simply can't loose money on this...

Originally Posted by grelbfarlk

They would have make trillions.

"Read my lips, no new chips!"

"I can't read them from here, bring them closerlier" *Saxophone begins*


"We need a new slot on the side of this A1200, something smaller and narrower."

"What about Pee See Em Cee Eye Aye?"

"But is it hot swappable?"

"Let's try it!"

*Tears and muttering ensues*

"I guess there are some timing issues."

Trillions probably not but billions... why not? Gould for sure was artistic guy, his collection of netsuke was quite famous so he could also explore new possibilities in adult industry...

An those quotes are indeed very promising as inspiration for dialogue(s) in Commodore FAO industry...

[Dunny]

Originally Posted by pandy71

Oh, hows that? For sure they could have success - you simply can't loose money on this...

It wasn't a big thing, and the one thing you need to be big in that industry is... the thing.

[TuRRIcaNEd]

Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott

It's interesting to note that IBM, with its enormous clout and reputation, still couldn't draw customers away from Microsoft. Bill Gates must have been grinning from ear to ear.

Sorry to respond to such an old post, but based on my understanding it was even crazier than that. From their inception in 1975, Micro[-]Soft's core business model was being able to supply and license the BASIC interpreters that they'd developed for every major 8-bit processor architecture and have that software available "off-the-shelf". In the case of CBM, Tramiel Sr. infamously took them to the cleaners in 1977 via devious use of contractual small-print, meaning that MS didn't see a penny from VIC-20 or C64 sales despite their BASIC interpreter being built into every single machine - one downside of which was that the 1982 C64 was effectively running the same version of BASIC as the 1977 PET and as such the BASIC was effectively obsolete.

Come 1981, the demand for BASIC was tailing off as the technology advanced and reading between the lines their effort to purchase QDOS and have IBM use it in their upcoming PC platform (assisted by both of BillG's parents working as product lawyers for IBM and IBM's senior management not taking the PC project seriously) was a "Hail-Mary" pass to keep the company going while they figured out how to adapt to the changing market. When IBM sued Compaq for reverse-engineering the BIOS and selling a PC compatible machine - and lost - it must have been like every Christmas coming at once for MS.

[Thorham]

Originally Posted by pandy71

No? Yes? Are you really sure? (but for sure really, really)?

No, pr0n is nasty Also, why can't we just write pr0n the normal way?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Thorham

Also, why can't we just write pr0n the normal way?

Search engines.

[Dunny]

Originally Posted by TuRRIcaNEd

Sorry to respond to such an old post, but based on my understanding it was even crazier than that. From their inception in 1975, Micro[-]Soft's core business model was being able to supply and license the BASIC interpreters that they'd developed for every major 8-bit processor architecture and have that software available "off-the-shelf". In the case of CBM, Tramiel Sr. infamously took them to the cleaners in 1977 via devious use of contractual small-print, meaning that MS didn't see a penny from VIC-20 or C64 sales despite their BASIC interpreter being built into every single machine - one downside of which was that the 1982 C64 was effectively running the same version of BASIC as the 1977 PET and as such the BASIC was effectively obsolete.

Said shenanigans combined with an unwillingness to pay for an updated BASIC meant that in order to do anything in C64 BASIC you had to use POKEs which was hilariously bad when you compared it to almost any other 8bit's BASIC.

It still has a reputation as the worst BASIC ever, but it only just pipped AmigaBASIC to that award.