Re: about the plus4

On 2012-04-19 14:38, Ed Johnson wrote:
> What ever happened to Butterfield? Isn’t he the one that wrote DOS 5.1
> and a BBS program?
>

He died in 2007

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Butterfield

/Uffe



> *From:*owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
> [mailto:owner-cbm-hackers@musoftware.de] *On Behalf Of *Jim Brain
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:34 AM
> *To:* cbm-hackers@musoftware.de
> *Subject:* Re: about the plus4
>
> On 4/19/2012 6:46 AM, didier derny wrote:
>
>
>
> - bad machine for games
> - bad machine for professional use
>
> I'm pressed for time this morning, but find the link to Bil Herd's
> discussion of the 264 series.
>
> In short:
>
>   * Good machine (C116) to compete with Timex Sinclair (better graphics,
>     better sound, arguable bit better KB)
>   * Good price point ($49)
>
> But:
>
>   * Jack was less involved in the end (Butterfield or Herd note he left
>     CBM towards the end of the design cycle)
>   * CBM tried to "scale" up the C116 to be a serious machine (Plus/4)
>   * CBM did not succeed. Vendors were mad because it was not C64
>     compatible, customers were mad because it didn't improve on C64, etc.
>
> Folks may disagree with my issues listed above, but in my opinion the
> machine's fate was served badly by the decision to scale it up and the
> lack of focus since Jack was already planning his exit.
>
> Jim
>




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