knudsen@ihnss.UUCP (12/16/83)
No way is Commodore going to discontinue the C64. As far as giving the serious computer stores something to sell, I recently saw a full-color add for the "Portable 64." Looks about like a Kaypro, etc, includes a small COLOR monitor and one or two disk drives. Keyboard is in the lid of course. Its price tag of $899 should keep it out of Kmart and Toys-Ya-Us for a while. Question is, of course, whether anyone will want it; tho it's cheaper than the Z80 CP/M portables, does a traveling businessman prefer a color computer to a CP/M machine? Well, at least wealthy families can move it around their houses easily. mike k