[Coco] The COCO vs The Apple II

[didier derny]

Yes but compared to an  apple II or a coco the graphic and sound were far superior and not so difficult to program
The technical reference manual was really great too

What I love in the coco is the "coherency" of the machine

- correct graphic machine
- correct sound (limited but nice possibilities)
- nice disk
- nice basic

For the apple:

- ugly hires graphic, hell to program 
- almost total lack of sound
- unreliable disks (incompatibility 13/16, ridiculous capacity)
- buggy applesoft (integer basic was nice)

[it is clear that for the apple later some boards correct a part of the problems]

The commodore 8032/8096 will always be the machine of my dreams :)
Then the coco 3 :)
(no place for apple)


-----Message d'origine-----
De : Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] De la part de Nick Marentes
Envoyé : dimanche 11 janvier 2015 08:40
À : CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Objet : Re: [Coco] The COCO vs The Apple II

On 11/01/2015 5:12 PM, didier derny wrote:
> The commodore serial bus was hell, it was designed for a hardware 
> handshake But due to bugs in the hardware it was reverted at the 
> latest minute to a software bit banging
>
> I think that one of the latest disk drive made by commodore uses the 
> original hardware scheme planned (but only when connected to a C128).
>
> You have all the details in 
> http://www.amazon.com/Commodore-Company-Edge-Brian-Bagnall/dp/09738649
> 66/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420960262&sr=1-1&keywords=commodore
> +a+company+on+the+edge
>
>

A terrible disk drive system and a pathetic BASIC yet it's the number 1 single selling model, 8 bit computer ever made.

Nick

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