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Multitasking

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    11-May-88 19:26:56
Sb: #123726-Multitasking
Fm: Greg Wathen 71401,225
To: Ben Blish 72667,1341

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It of course it depends on what you are contending for. If you are trying to put together a system with the best graphics available at whatever expense, then, yes the Amiga is the way to go; however, if you want a powerful multitasking system with color graphics and plenty of SERIOUS and entertainment software available that doesn't require a second mortgage on the house, the Color Computer is the only way to go. True, almost none of my system was purchased from Tandy (not even the COCO 3), and a lot of it was used, but I was trying to make a point without referring to the now infamous $130 sale price for the 128k COCO 3. No matter how you slice it, the COCO is always going to come out less expensive and believe it or not, there are MILLIONS of people who are involved with computers that do not have $1000-5000 to drop for it. Like many of them, I started with a 16k COCO that was selling for less than a 300 baud modem at the time. Nuff said. This is getting too expensive, so I will have to let you all sit around and congradulate yourselves, but don't fool yourselves into thinking it is the only serious computer out there. >>> Greg W <<<