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From: bub@rlgvax.UUCP ( Mongo Mauler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Whaddaya do with the damned thing?
Message-ID: <310@rlgvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Jan-87 11:32:42 EST
Article-I.D.: rlgvax.310
Posted: Tue Jan  6 11:32:42 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 6-Jan-87 23:26:22 EST
Organization: Computer Consoles Inc, Reston VA
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Keywords: I'm bored...


	Well, I'm ashamed to admit it:  I've been using a C64, a C128,
	and an IBM PC clone for quite a while now, and I have lately
	discovered my CBM equipment is gathering dust except when I get
	a games jones.  I use the PC almost exclusively now.  I've got
	a great C compiler, a great C interpreter, a great Pascal
	compiler, a great BASIC compiler, several great editors,
	some great memory resident utilities (I don't know how I ever
	got along without Sidekick), etc etc ad nauseum...  All for the
	PC clone.

	Where's all this great stuff for the 64/128?  For these machines,
	I've got a terrible C compiler, a terrible Pascal compiler, an
	ok BASIC compiler, no great editors, no memory resident stuff
	that doesn't require something to be plugged in somewhere, etc
	etc ad nauseum.

	I hate to admit it, but I almost am beginning to feel that the
	'Real PC' snobs have been right all along.  My CBM machines are
	nice 'toy' computers, but for any real computing, you need to
	go with the big boys.  What a shame!  I used to really get mad
	listening to folks espouse this kind of junk, but after working
	with the clones (for my job) for over a year, I almost hate to
	use my Commodore(s) for anything other than games.

	So to restore my faith in Commodore, and also to try and justify
	my zillions of dollars invested, I'd like to pose a couple of
	questions:

		1)

			What do you (fellow CBM users) consider
			to be the best in CBM software for
			ANYTHING other than gaming?  Is there ANY
			software fot the 64 or 128 that you would
			consider great?


		2)

			What do you use your CBM equipment for?
			Only word processing, financial management,
			BASIC programming, running the Nuclear
			Regulatory Commision, thermostat control,
			etc.?