Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!ralph From: ralph@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Ralph Hightower) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: Questions about 128 Reliability (Considering upgrade from C64) Summary: Go fer it! Keywords: 64 vs. 128 reliability Message-ID: <3760@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 23 Sep 88 16:02:19 GMT References: <3750@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM> Reply-To: ralph@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Ralph Hightower, x6758) Distribution: na Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC Lines: 40 Thanks to all those that mailed me and followed up about the C128 reliability. There was only one person who knew of a 128 failure (blown fuse and something else, that failure is not accessible right now). The over whelming response is that the C128 is a reliable machine. At the present time, I still don't know what the failure of the C64 is. I do know that the power supply is bad because there was not 9V AC coming out and I read 5V DC and the power supply was tried on a working C64 (and my C64 was tried on a working power supply); neither were successful. <***Computer salemen flame warning***> I don't know why the computer salesman tried to steer me away from a C128 (they don't sell C64's or C128's, just Amigas); although I did notice that he had a used C64 for $125, so he was probably going to try and sell me that. I have learned not to be influenced by computer salesmen (I haven't been burned by being gullible by their claims anyhow). Computers are my work and my hobby and I form my own opinions about the various prducts based on my reading of the technical PC magazines (* PC is not trademarked by IBM *). A related computer saleman story:"Can I help you?". "I'm thinking about the Amiga 2000". "OH! I highly recommend the Amiga 500! It's more powerful than the 2000 and has more value than the 2000." "Oh. Do you have the Amiga 2000?" "No. We just sell the Amiga 500." . . . thinking to my self . . . "Of course, why would he want to sell something that he doesn't have. Is always better to sell the bird in the hand rather than two birds in a bush." This store primarily sells IBM PC-clones. I formed my opinion that I wanted to buy the Amiga 2000 from the BYTE Amiga 2000 Preview article. IBM PC compatibility would be a nice, but secondary feature (IBM PC/AT is preferred more; the PC/XT is too much of a dog in terms of lack of speed). The primary feature is the rumors on UNIX availability in the future! -- ralph@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC Home of THE USC! South Carolina had a University 49 years before California was a state.