Amiga vs. C128
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Hi, A friend of mine who currently owns a C64 is planning to purchase a C128.
He has mentioned many times that he would like and wants an Amiga also. I
upgraded so-to-speak to an Amiga from a C64 and have been trying very hard to
persuade him to forget the C128 and go ahead and buy an Amiga (which he says
that he will buy `one day'). I feel that he would get more out of the purchase
of an Amiga and should save the money that he would be spending on a C128.
We are currently running a BBS on his C64 and I offered him my C64 (he has my
drives for use with the BBS so I have no need for the computer itself) to use
untill he bought an Amiga. His main reason for wanting a C128 is for C64
compatablity and for a certain terminal program called `Bobsterm' (?) that runs
in C128 mode.
Now for the reason I am boring you with all of this.
Can anyone give me any price for power ratio kind of information to help
persuade him. I would like info on subjects like current capabilites of the
machines in comparisons and expandability in the future. He is very interested
in Music and MIDI and I think IBM compatability might help (ala Sidecar). If
anyone can give me any help I would greatly appreciate it.
The reason I am doing this is because he is kind of careless with his money and
makes rash decisions which he regrets later. I want the Amiga to do well and
am trying to push another machine on someone who could benefit from it now
instead of purchasing a C128 and then getting an Amiga. Thanks for any help
and I am sorry for the long, boring message. Tom