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  • The ATARI 800 XL is crap compared to the C64

    From Markus Menschenfresser@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 16 01:09:14 2016
    XPost: comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.cbm

    The ATARI has

    - only 3 colors in most resolutions, the games look crappy
    - a ridiculous amount of sprites
    - a crappy soundchip
    - only 48K of RAM, additional 16K are nearly impossible to use

    So better throw away your ATARI and buy a C64!!!

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to mensch@ist.halal on Sat Apr 16 13:45:03 2016
    XPost: comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.cbm

    In article <nersb1$hm0$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Markus Menschenfresser <mensch@ist.halal> wrote:

    The ATARI has

    - only 3 colors in most resolutions, the games look crappy
    - a ridiculous amount of sprites
    - a crappy soundchip
    - only 48K of RAM, additional 16K are nearly impossible to use

    So better throw away your ATARI and buy a C64!!!

    Not only that, but the Atari company went bust due to incompetent
    management ... oh, wait, so did Commodore. ;-)

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Markus Menschenfresser on Sat Apr 16 09:02:47 2016
    XPost: comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.cbm

    Troll alert. Its like being back in the last century.

    Brian

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    "Markus Menschenfresser" <mensch@ist.halal> wrote in message news:nersb1$hm0$1@gioia.aioe.org...
    The ATARI has

    - only 3 colors in most resolutions, the games look crappy
    - a ridiculous amount of sprites
    - a crappy soundchip
    - only 48K of RAM, additional 16K are nearly impossible to use

    So better throw away your ATARI and buy a C64!!!


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  • From Anonymous@21:1/5 to Brian Gaff on Wed May 11 09:22:55 2016
    XPost: comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.cbm

    In article <nesrd6$1m2$1@dont-email.me>
    "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

    Troll alert. Its like being back in the last century.

    Yes, brings back memories. I doubt if the OP really wanted to dust
    off an old passion and go back to a religious war on USENET.

    Back to lurking.

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