Re: C-128 and Jeri board

From: Jeri Ellsworth (cm_easy_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2001-05-02 19:49:50

Hi,
  I read somewhere a guy described the Amiga 1200
motherboard as big dongle for the rest of his
computer.  :)

Jeri
--- Miika Seppanen <miika.seppanen@saunalahti.fi>
wrote:
> >the original Apple II. At what point did this
> family
> >tree no longer produce Apple II computers?
> 
> Hmm... These were made by Apple. If Apple called
> them "Apple II", then they
> are Apple II's. If Apple would have named the
> Macintosh also "Apple II",
> then it would be an Apple II too. ;-) The
> manufacturer is the issue in my
> point of view.
> 
> >That's exactly what were doing here with Jeri's
> >project you see. We (well, Jeri really) are
> >integrating discreet components and adding advanced
> >hardware features.
> 
> Yes, but AFAIK Jeri is not the CBM (though that
> wouldn't be a bad thing,
> right? ;-) Anyway, as I said, her board seems to be
> so appropriate extension
> for the C64 (while still keeping most of the
> backward compatibility), that I
> can happily consider such a C64 as "real thing."
> What to say about
> completely new mainboard, I wouldn't call it a
> "real" C64. I guess this
> thing depends very much of individual's own sight.
> And, of course, this
> "maybe-not-so-real-C64-if-you-think-so" would be a
> very fascinating product
> anyway, though as for myself, I'd prefer an
> expansion board.
> 
> >By the way, your definition excludes the C-128 from
> >the C-64 family because the C-64 motherboard and
> >keyboard are not present. The C-128 actually uses
> 
> Of course, because it's a C128, not C64. As more
> precisely, it's a REAL
> C128... ;-)
> 
> -Miika
> 
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