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From: gillies@mit-eddie.UUCP (Don Gillies)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm
Subject: C64 info request
Message-ID: <510@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 28-Jul-83 13:29:58 EDT
Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.510
Posted: Thu Jul 28 13:29:58 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Jul-83 22:32:07 EDT
Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA
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I am now seriously considering buying a C64.  I need to have to questions
answered by some C64 owners:  
	1: according to Pop. Electronics, the C64 disk drive is a dog
	   speed-wise because of the serial interface.  Is this true?
	2: How good is the C64 as a terminal?  Is a 24*40 line screen
	   anything but a frustration?  What kind of emulation packages
	   are there?  Has anyone seen any retrofit interfaces yielding
	   displays of approx. 24*80 resolution?