Re: ATARI is crap!

From	Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.cbm
Subject	Re: ATARI is crap!
Date	2016-01-30 22:17 -0700
Organization	albasani.net
Message-ID	<n8k5d1$6ug$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink)
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On 1/30/16 6:06 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
> On 1/30/16 5:39 PM, Your Name wrote:
>> In article <n8jd9f$lhc$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
>> <wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:
>>> On 1/30/16 2:02 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>> In article <n8ijjh$6np$1@news.albasani.net>, Ken Springer
>>>> <wordworks@greeleynet.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 1/29/16 4:36 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>>>> In article <n8gla1$9k2$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Adelbert Affenstaat <a@ff.e>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Harald Habenichts" <po@p.o> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>>>>>>> news:n73r5f$rj1$1@gioia.aioe.org...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The C64 has much better sound, much better graphics and there are more
>>>>>>>> and better games!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The ATARI 800 only has crappy games, because the ATARI has crappy
>>>>>>> sprites, crappy colours and a mediocre sound chip.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The C64 is MUCH better!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The SID is great, the VIC is great, the C64 is great!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     From memory, the early Atari models also had the same ridiculous
>>>>>> membrane "keyboard" as Sinclair's toys.
>>>>>
>>>>> IIRC, only the 400 had the membrane keyboard.  The 800 and later all had
>>>>> keyboards.
>>>>
>>>> That's why I said "early Atari models".   :-)
>>>
>>> But, but, a 400 is only a model, not models!    LOL
>>
>> Depends on how you look at it ... there was certainly more than one
>> Atari 400 ever made.  :-p
>
>
> ROFL
>
>
>> There were later "proper" keyboards released for the Atari 400, but
>> most were simply rubbish you clipped on top, so made no real difference
>> to the life expectancy of the membrane underneath (and in fact could
>> make it even worse).
>>
>>
>>
>>>> That crappy "keyboard" is probably one of the reasons we bought the VIC
>>>> 20 instead.
>>>
>>> I looked at the VIC 20, screen display was much better for the Atari
>>> 400/800, so I went with the 800.
>>
>> The quality of the screen display was partly governed by what you
>> plugged the computer into - plugging it into a crappy old B/W TV is
>> different to a then-modern-day colour TV.   :-)

I wasn't referring to the quality of the output device, but the display 
resolution.  VIC 20 176 X 184  Atari 800 320 X 192


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ATARI is crap! "Harald Habenichts" <po@p.o> - 2016-01-12 22:28 +0100
  Re: ATARI is crap! Michael Glaser <michael.sean.glaser@gmail.com> - 2016-01-16 21:14 -0800
    Re: ATARI is crap! Trevor <trevor.removethispart@holyoak.com> - 2016-01-22 12:40 -0700
  Re: ATARI is crap! CharlieChaplin <andiko@web.de> - 2016-01-25 10:32 -0800
  Re: ATARI is crap! "Adelbert Affenstaat" <a@ff.e> - 2016-01-29 22:24 +0100
    Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-30 12:36 +1300
      Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 08:08 -0700
        Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 10:02 +1300
          Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 15:26 -0700
            Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 13:39 +1300
              Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 18:06 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 17:49 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-30 22:17 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-31 19:38 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-31 07:35 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-02-01 13:24 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2016-01-31 19:45 -0700
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-02-01 16:31 +1300
                Re: ATARI is crap! Clu <drclu@swbell.net> - 2016-02-05 10:49 -0600
                Re: ATARI is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-02-06 09:57 +1300
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