From: utzoo!watmath!bstempleton Newsgroups: net.micro Title: Re: Commodore 64 - A New Computer Article-I.D.: watmath.3360 Posted: Sat Aug 21 17:56:44 1982 Received: Sun Aug 22 01:42:56 1982 References: uwvax.567 Yes, I have had a Comodore 64 for some time now. It was given to me by Commodore people so I can put some software up on it. Let me also say I am impressed with the machine: - It has a nice keyboard, well laid out with two different control keys. (ie. a META key if you like) - It's real small and sits on your lap nice. The WHOLE computer does. - The sound synthesizer and video chip specs are impressive. - The colour definition is fairly good. - It lacks software right now. The built in BASIC doesn't have statements for any of the fancy hardware features, even for getting at the extra areas of memory. It will run all 'MAX' cartridges. The MAX is commodore's new micro for the very low end game market, designed to go below even the VIC and compete with home video gaems. At $600 for 64K in the USA, I expect we'll see a lot of these.