The ATARI 800 XL is crap compared to the C64

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From	"Markus Menschenfresser" <mensch@ist.halal>
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Subject	The ATARI 800 XL is crap compared to the C64
Date	Sat, 16 Apr 2016 01:09:14 +0200
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The ATARI has

- only 3 colors in most resolutions, the games look crappy
- a ridiculous amount of sprites
- a crappy soundchip
- only 48K of RAM, additional 16K are nearly impossible to use

So better throw away your ATARI and buy a C64!!!

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The ATARI 800 XL is crap compared to the C64 "Markus Menschenfresser" <mensch@ist.halal> - 2016-04-16 01:09 +0200
  Re: The ATARI 800 XL is crap compared to the C64 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-16 13:45 +1200
  Re: The ATARI 800 XL is crap compared to the C64 "Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-04-16 09:02 +0100
    Re: The ATARI 800 XL is crap compared to the C64 Anonymous <anonymous@foto.nl1.torservers.net> - 2016-05-11 09:22 -0400

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