Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!mit-eddie!gillies 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 Lines: 8 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?