C64 vs N64?
Wingman
Ten years ago, a company called Commodore released a machine called the
<company name> 64. Specifically, the Commodore 64. It was very popular. The
64 in its title stood for its 64kilobytes of RAM. It's often called the C64
for short.
Ten years after that happened, a company called Nintendo released a machine
called the <company name> 64. Specifically, the Nintendo 64. It's very
popular. The 64 in its title stands for its 64-bit processor. It's often
called the N64 for short.
I wonder what "<company name> 64" system we'll see in ten years...
Val
A World Where Grud Never Fell
What would it have been like if Sirius Software had not folded in the
80's?
Let's see:
1986--Instead of folding, Sirius tasks its programmers to create a
sequel
to the smash hit "Gruds in Space". The game, "I, Grud, am taking over
the
Earth!" is an instant success.
1987--Sirius releases an enhanced version of the game for the Commodore
128. Instead of being a flop, sales of the C-128 skyrocket.
1988--Commodore announces a successor to the C-128, the C-256. Sirius
outbids Bill Gates to create an operating system and basic software for
the 256.
The Sirius Software board of directors votes against releasing PC
versions
of the two Gruds games, as well as a 3rd game in the series slated for
1990.
1989--Rumors of a Commodore 384 and a new Gruds game keep the computer
world on edge.
1990--"Grud--The Search For The Ominous Cavern" hits the shelves,
selling
out within minutes. A Middle East dictator, touched by the comraderie
between the humans and the Gruds as portrayed in "Gruds in Space",
elects
not to invade a neighboring oil emirate.
1991--Sirius Software buys out Microsoft. President Bush declares the
Grud as the national mascot. C-384's hit the shelves.
1993--IBM folds. Commodore and Sirius are now household names.
Eric Keith Johansen
Wingman wrote:
>
> Ten years ago, a company called Commodore released a machine called the
> <company name> 64. Specifically, the Commodore 64. It was very popular. The
> 64 in its title stood for its 64kilobytes of RAM. It's often called the C64
> for short.
>
> Ten years after that happened, a company called Nintendo released a machine
> called the <company name> 64. Specifically, the Nintendo 64. It's very
> popular. The 64 in its title stands for its 64-bit processor. It's often
> called the N64 for short.
>
> I wonder what "<company name> 64" system we'll see in ten years...
I am sorry, but hey, you have way too much time on your hands.
-Eric
Mark Rathwell
: Ten years ago, a company called Commodore released a machine called the
: <company name> 64.
Ten years ago? This is 1997! Wasn't the C64 released in 1982 or 3
(ie fourteen or 15 years ago)?
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In article <338A51...@worldnet.att.net>, Val
<val...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>1993--IBM folds. Commodore and Sirius are now household names.
>
>
Ah, come on now. Get sirius.
ItsaMePete
In article <5mddd5$d...@news.infoserve.net>, win...@infoserve.net
(Wingman) writes:
>I wonder what "<company name> 64" system we'll see in ten years...
>
>
We won't, we'll see "<company name> 128", :)
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Mark Rathwell wrote:
>
> : Ten years ago, a company called Commodore released a machine called the
> : <company name> 64.
>
> Ten years ago? This is 1997! Wasn't the C64 released in 1982 or 3
> (ie fourteen or 15 years ago)?
>
Kevin Loesch
The C64 was released in 1982, though it didn't gain real success
until around 83/84 when the price started to drop(it cost $599 when it was
first released, plus you had to add a tape or disk drive on top of that cost).
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Wingman wrote:
>
> Ten years ago, a company called Commodore released a machine called the
> 64 in its title stood for its 64kilobytes of RAM. It's often called the C64
> for short.
>
> Ten years after that happened, a company called Nintendo released a machine
> called the <company name> 64. Specifically, the Nintendo 64. It's very
> popular. The 64 in its title stands for its 64-bit processor. It's often
> called the N64 for short.
>
How bout V64? or something
whatever its called, its name is derived from the number of cpus it has.
64 risc processors??!?! mmmmmmmmmmmm 64
well it was just a harmless muse
T
Larry Scott Ii
: I wonder what "<company name> 64" system we'll see in ten years...
Dunno, but the C-64 is more than 10 years old.. didn't it come out in
'82?
Klaus Brinkmann
I hope its not MS64!
( Microsoft Console with 64 parallel CPU´s)
Klaus
Sam.
Klaus Brinkmann <bbr...@informatik.uni-koblenz.de> wrote:
>I hope its not MS64!
Nobody's that stupid. It'll be VR64, from the 64-bit colour depth of
the electroluminescent polymer display. Nobody will care about CPU
speed since it'll have enough to render a passable, fast version of
reality. Compare the N64 to the NES, 10 years it'll happen.
Microsoft, meanwhile, will have been bought out by Digital Research,
who will lose billions of dollars, and Bill GaTeS will go crawling to
Jeff Minter looking for a job. Out of sympathy Yak will let him write
some joystick code for Pac Man 2597, with the result that everyone's
joystick will suddenly become incompatible. Meanwhile people on
comp.sys.ibm-pc.classic will be picking up Pentiums for $15 at
Goodwill 2000, and get laughed at because it was a rip-off.
Finally, world.std.com will finally make good on their brag, and
people really will read usenet on the 2600 (which we will have made
our god). It'll be much better than normal usenet, because of the
2600's inability to display text. All posts will be expressed by Pac
Man as interpretitive modern dance.
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Wingman
In article <19970527061...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, itsam...@aol.com (ItsaMePete) wrote:
>In article <5mddd5$d...@news.infoserve.net>, win...@infoserve.net
>(Wingman) writes:
>
>>
>>
>
Didn't the Commodore 128 come out about a month after the Commodore 64?
I don't think the Nintendo 128 can be far behind! :)
Sean Christian Daugherty
On Sun, 25 May 97 05:56:27 GMT, win...@infoserve.net (Wingman) wrote:
>
>Ten years ago, a company called Commodore released a machine called the
><company name> 64. Specifically, the Commodore 64. It was very popular. The
>64 in its title stood for its 64kilobytes of RAM. It's often called the C64
>for short.
>
>Ten years after that happened, a company called Nintendo released a machine
>called the <company name> 64. Specifically, the Nintendo 64. It's very
>popular. The 64 in its title stands for its 64-bit processor. It's often
>called the N64 for short.
And, coincidently, Commodore had a sales rep named Kennedy and NoA's (Nintendo
of America) president is name Lincoln... The mind simply boggles... <G>
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In article <338BEB...@informatik.uni-koblenz.de>,
bbr...@informatik.uni-koblenz.de wrote:
>
> Larry Scott Ii wrote:
> >
> > : I wonder what "<company name> 64" system we'll see in ten years...
> > Dunno, but the C-64 is more than 10 years old.. didn't it come out in
> > '82?
>
>
>
> Klaus
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S64(Sega 64) probably. I would look in a new mag. Maybe you would find
out!
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> Larry Scott Ii wrote:
> >
> > : I wonder what "<company name> 64" system we'll see in ten years...
> > Dunno, but the C-64 is more than 10 years old.. didn't it come out in
> > '82?
>
> I hope its not MS64!
>
> ( Microsoft Console with 64 parallel CPU´s)
>
> Klaus
