Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!Ghenis.pasa@XEROX.ARPA From: Ghenis.pasa@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Word processor for a college freshman Message-ID: <551@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 19:30:53 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.551 Posted: Thu Aug 8 19:30:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 11-Aug-85 07:28:37 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 21 DO NOT GET AN ELECTRONIC TYPEWRITER!!!! With a word processor you can save your work on disk, then go back and change it around. This saves hundreds of drudge-filled unproductive hours of hard work. Your son will get to spend his time on things that really matter (or maybe just relax and play more). DO NOT GET A COMMODORE 64!!!! By the time you get a disk drive or two (you really need two) and some accessory to make it display 80 characters across (hopefully with lower case), a monitor and some SOFTWARE, you will have spent $800 AT LEAST. The Commodore trap is to give away the processor, then kill you with the accessories. My advice on affordable systems is to get a portable CP/M system. For example, look at the basic Kaypro: for $695 you get a complete system with a 9" monitor, TWO disk drives and all essential software: word-processor, spreadsheet, database, BASIC, communications, utilities. Even if your son only uses the word-processor (I'll bet he gets curious about the other stuff eventually) this will serve him better than any other choice for the money. Hope this helps.