From: shaun@square-circle.co.uk   
      
   On Friday, 11 May 2018 06:15:30 UTC+1, bradle...@comcast.net  wrote:   
   > On Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 7:51:33 AM UTC-6, Lloyd Hearsewave wrote:   
   > > I don't understand why people are still using crappy doorstoppers like the   
   > > Sinclair Spectrum and ugly black and white heaps of trash like the ATARI   
   800   
   > > XL.   
   > >   
   > > Both of these computers failed in the 80s and look at the graphics of the   
   > > Spectrum - ugly, monochrome, no scrolling and no sprites.   
   > >   
   > > The ATARI has only 3 ugly colors, ugly sprites and bad scrolling. 99% of   
   > > ATARI games are crap.   
   > >   
   > > All the games are MUCH superior on the C64 and the C64 truly is the king of   
   > > home computers!   
   > >   
   > > So please throw away your ATARIs and Spectrums and buy a C64 on ebay!   
   >   
   > The Atari 800 and C64 had sprites. Gee, I wonder where Commadore got the   
   idea for sprites? Anyway, the C64 had many improvements over the Atari sprites   
   give the 3+ years they had to develop them.   
   >   
   > But tell us all about the C64 graphic modes. Can you easily mix them? Did   
   you have re definable character sets?   
   >   
   > How well did the C64's scrolling worked? I've seen many games where I would   
   say "Not to good"   
   >   
   > The 400/800's 6502B ran at 1.8mhs, the C64? Oh yeah 1.0   
   >   
   > Did the C64 have display lists or display list interrupts. If you don't know   
   what that means then the answer is no.   
   >   
   > The C64 was a very good machine BUT the 400/800 was NOT a POS.   
      
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