bilbo@pnet02.cts.com (Bill Daggett) (07/04/88)
There has been much talk lately of how the Amiga might approach the HI end
market for a LOW end price and generally it seems that it can't. My interest
boils down to an Amiga versatile to run other "home" software bases. The IBM
Bridgecard is fine. I can understand why Commodore had to do that one first.
How about a C-64 Bridgecard OR an Apple Bridgecard?
I am interested in integrating other computer software bases into ONE computer
- not running several independent computers on one table. I am also not
interested in paying more then $3000.00, for such a system capability.
Bill
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software to resurrect Bilbo's Hideaway on - but not holding breath!elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) (07/07/88)
In message <4720@gryphon.CTS.COM>, bilbo@pnet02.cts.com (Bill Daggett) says:
>How about a C-64 Bridgecard OR an Apple Bridgecard?
There's currently a C-64 Bridgecard available, for $180, from your
local home electronics outlet. It's called the "Commodore 64". That's
right, the complete computer, for cheaper than Commodore could produce
a "bridgeboard", thanks to the marvels of mass production.
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MISFORTUNE, n. The kind of fortune that never misses.daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) (07/08/88)
in article <4720@gryphon.CTS.COM>, bilbo@pnet02.cts.com (Bill Daggett) says: > How about a C-64 Bridgecard OR an Apple Bridgecard? I wouldn't even bother with an Apple Bridgecard. A C-64 on a card is certain _possible_. Though I suspect you'd find that it would either cost alot more than a C64, or not be very compatible, based on the tradeoffs made. The C64 is so closely tied to it's hardware, almost nothing can change without breaking some program somewhere. If you really want C64 compatibility on an Amiga, there are C64 Emulators in Software which do a so-so job on productivity software, though don't run most games well if at all. If you have a 32 bit Amiga system you may find that they even run the software faster, in many cases, than a C64 would. My suggestion would be for you to convert as much as you can to the Amiga environment. There's one Amiga word processor that reads many C64 format files, and there's a doohicky made by Progressive Peripherals that'll let you hook up your C64 drives and printer to the Amiga's parallel port. Any game software on the C64 pales in comparison to Amiga games, so buy an Amiga game or two and you won't want to run most of your C64 games any more. In no time at all you'll be free of the C64. Then you can sell it, or give it to a kid, or something like that. At least that's my suggestion. I used to crawl, a long time ago, and found it quite satisfactory. At least until I learned to walk. > Bill -- Dave Haynie "The 32 Bit Guy" Commodore-Amiga "The Crew That Never Rests" {ihnp4|uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: D-DAVE H BIX: hazy "I can't relax, 'cause I'm a Boinger!"
vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) (07/09/88)
The only program from C64 that I miss is a `short-wave propagation predictor'. If anybody can tell me if such a beast exists for the amiga, I would be thankful. Please E-mail your responses as I wont be around for a few weeks.