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   Message 52,265 of 53,866   
   Shaun Bebbington to Andreas Kohlbach   
   Re: ATARI and Spectrum are rubbish - The   
   13 May 18 03:51:19   
   
   From: shaun@square-circle.co.uk   
      
   On Saturday, 12 May 2018 21:32:33 UTC+1, Andreas Kohlbach  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 11 May 2018 13:46:26 -0700 (PDT), Shaun Bebbington wrote:   
   > >   
   > > The Commodore C64 is the Wurst computer. The VIC-20 is the most Ficken   
   computer.   
   >   
   > I disagree. Well being a Commodore 64 user.   
      
   Technically, the Commodore C64 did shades of brown.   
      
   >   
   > I could now raise the question, what was the king of the 8bit computers   
   > of the early 80s. I suppose it was the Commodore 64 by outperforming any   
   > competitor in the sheer numbers of units sold. Suppose the Atari 8bit   
   > line came second. There might even have been better computers. But they   
   > were either too expensive or didn't had the distribution network to make   
   > an impact. I think the Memotech MTX   
   >  could had taken the crown,   
   > but came too late (1983) and had financial problems leading to their demise.   
   > --   
   > Andreas   
      
   In the UK, the Commodore C64 was more expensive than other machines, so many   
   chose Sinclairs, though it has a good Wurst rating because of it's   
   sausage-feeling keyboard (at least on the runner keys models).   
      
   > My random toughts and comments   
   > https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/   
      
   Regards,   
      
   Shaun   
      
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