[Coco] more 1 bit madness

Nick Marentes nickma at optusnet.com.au
Tue Jan 21 23:17:55 EST 2014


Richard E Crislip <rcrislip at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> I knew cost was the reason. How did Commodore and Atari pull it off? If 
> I remember correctly, they were all in the same price range. Or are my 
> short stem cells showing again?


But they didn't have an 80 x 24 column screen.

Lower resolution graphics (No 640 x 200)

No advanced interrupt handling.

The ability to run a multi-tasking multi-user industry standard OS (Os-9).

Slower floppy drive access.

And only sported a cheap 6502 (not the powerful 6809).


Nick




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