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   Mika Leinonen to MagerValp   
   Re: Jack Tramiel at CHM - Dec. 10 !!!   
   02 Nov 07 16:08:15   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.cbm   
   From: mika.leinonen@tut.fi   
      
   On 2007-11-01, MagerValp  wrote:   
   > The statements aren't necessarily contradictory though. The 6522 chip   
   > bug is why IEC is slow, but the 6526 shift register not being   
   > connected to the IEC port (and mgmt wanting 1540 compat, and the   
   > insanely short dev schedule of the C64) postponed the fix to the C128.   
      
   IMO the C64-C model with a newly designed printed circuit board might   
   have been a chance to make the fix a "standard feature" for the newer   
   C=64:s? (This thought I got now, during reading this thread.)   
      
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