Reply 380 of 434, by Scali
kant explain wrote on 2023-12-23, 20:36:The C64, nor the Amiga 1000/2000, were suitable for business computing. That was my basic argument from the getgo many pages ago. A person who states a PCjr is every bit as suitable for a business environment as a real PC on account of some aftermarket hacks is going to have an awful hard time convincing a prospective buyer to give it a go. It seems you argue every point regardless. Units have specific features out of the box. You claim it doesn't matter as an add-on can make it all seem kosher. Apples don't become oranges just because you skap orange paint on them.
That's completely nonsensical and arbitrary.
A PCjr is clearly a cut-down version of the IBM PC, so it is obvious what the differences are. Nevertheless, there's a difference between claiming "one machine can do 80c text and another machine cannot" and "you absolutely need 80c text, else there is no way to do any kind of business computing on the machine whatsoever".
Even for the PCjr it's difficult to make that point. You could get Lotus 1-2-3 on cartridge for the PCjr for example. And with the optional RGBI monitor, you could get the same 80c quality as CGA (which was considered poor compared to MDA, as it only had 200 lines). How exactly would that not be suitable for business computing in the same way you'd use Lotus 1-2-3 on a PC?
kant explain wrote on 2023-12-23, 20:36:Was I conflating scan doubling and flicker fixing? Yes I was. My mistake. That doesn't change the fact that Commodore decided.the saddle the Amiga.1000/2000 (3000/4000 is a later model and no one gives a fuck) with substandard graphics with regard to data processing and such. It was a huge mistake imho. But it is wha it is. Some people could stare at that grainy shit. When I was EIGHTEEN I said no way. I never wore glasses or contacts either. And that was nearly 40 years ago.
Again, that's your completely arbitrary opinion, which means absolutely nothing.
What you think was "substandard" for the time is irrelevant, nor how important you think "data processing", whatever that means, for a computer platform in general.