CompuServe Messages

Mark, congratulations! If nothing else you have achieved giving people the feeling that somebody up there is listening. OK My question is What are Commmodores intentions in relation to hardware and operating system upgrade paths? Will they be maintained? It's probably unfair to just play 20 questions, why not play 20 possible answers too? IMHO and RYHIFFM – Background: In Australia by the end of this year, Interactive TV are claiming that they will be trialling these units by the end of this year. The units are to consist of a box containing a computer/modem/printer and a console allegedly for about A$400. This got me thinking that a totally modular system in the sense that you don't have to open things up, you just plug together and play. So as a kid you may get a CD32 games box and as your needs increase, you just plug in anything extra you need – faster CPU, RAM, drives etc all without having to open a box and play with pcb's. You should be able to get any system from the start by picking the right modules. Second hand trade (and consumer confidence) would allow the poor amongst us to upgrade slowly and the choosing of Christmas and birthday presents could be easy :-). As a comment, John Dilullo might find that it's Commodore representatives people are reacting to. I contacted the local C= people here because I knew a local university would embarking on a large scale multimedia build-up starting from scratch. What's a good multimedia machine I thought to myself? I let the local C= people know. The university in question didn't receive even a brochure. On the other hand another brand beginning with M gave them a full system with printer for students to play with for 6 months. Nobody has to follow advice but listening is cheap. The unfair question I really wanted to ask was `Why on earth do C= think a clock is good and standard but a battery backed RT clock isn't?' regards, Lu on AutoPilot downunder