From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!ihnp4!ihlpb!bryan Newsgroups: net.games.video Title: Re: 800 vs. 5200 Article-I.D.: ihlpb.247 Posted: Tue Jan 18 09:21:26 1983 Received: Thu Jan 20 04:09:17 1983 Reply-To: bryan@ihlpb.UUCP (Bryan K. DeLaney) While it is true that the 5200 is a stripped down version of the 400/800 computers, I would not buy one. Buy the 400 instead, the cost difference is not that much and you get a system that can be easily expanded, in almost unlimited ways. Plus there is no way the 5200 can support as many games as the 400 because the 400 can be expanded to 48k while the 5200 can not be expanded. There are already over 2000 software programs available for the 400/800 computers. The reason the 5200 can not be expanded is because it uses a smaller version of the 6502, which does not have the adress capabilites of the 6502. Also the OS of the 400 is a lot more powerful than that of the 5200. p.s. I saw a 400 expanded to 32k for sale in Compute for 177.95 ihlpb!bryan