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Re: The C64 is crap!

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In article <87mvrwm4i0.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach
<janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> wrote:
> Drew Klenotic wrote on 22. January 2016:
> > On 21 Jan 16  18:05:59 Andreas Kohlbach wrote...
> > >
> > > then I try to emulate computers I never had, never even heard of
> > > after power-on. Is that true that the Atari did this or just a
> > > convenient feature of the emulator? For the C64 you had to load any
> > > program manually. -- Andreas
> >
> > Well, if what you're asking is if the Atari could autoboot programs, the
> > answer is yes.  Most games and professional productivity packages did auto
> > load on booting.  It was easy enough for you to make your own programs auto
> > boot as well as Atari DOS 2 would automatically search for "AUTORUN.SYS" and
> > other DOSes had similar capabilities.
> 
> Yes, thanks.
> 
> Learning about "new" (old in fact) home computers from the 70s and 80s
> many could in fact "auto boot". Too bad the Commodore 64 was not among them.

Of course it probably depends on what "Atari" you're talking about too.

The C64 did have the ability to "auto-run" from a cartridge plugged in.

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The C64 is crap! "Harald Habenichts" <po@p.o> - 2016-01-12 22:28 +0100
  Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-13 13:17 +1300
    Re: The C64 is crap! removemefirst.Robert.Wolfe@f18.n116.z1.fidonet.org (Robert Wolfe) - 2016-01-12 20:33 +1200
      Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-13 18:17 +1300
        Re: The C64 is crap! Andreas Kohlbach <janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-01-13 18:10 -0500
          Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-14 13:39 +1300
            Re: The C64 is crap! Andreas Kohlbach <janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-01-14 17:24 -0500
              Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-15 13:11 +1300
                Re: The C64 is crap! aowen10@mail.bbk.ac.uk - 2016-01-15 08:58 -0800
                Re: The C64 is crap! Andreas Kohlbach <janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-01-15 16:05 -0500
                Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-16 12:35 +1300
  Re: The C64 is crap! AndyW <Andy@nojunqmail.com> - 2016-01-13 07:32 +0000
    Re: The C64 is crap! "Brian-Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 08:36 +0000
  Re: The C64 is crap! Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2016-01-13 10:09 +0100
    Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-14 13:42 +1300
    Re: The C64 is crap! "Brian-Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 08:37 +0000
  Re: The C64 is crap! Harry Potter <rose.joseph12@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-13 03:44 -0800
    Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-14 10:33 +1300
  Re: The C64 is crap! Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2016-01-14 06:10 +0800
  Re: The C64 is crap! "Brian-Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 08:35 +0000
    Re: The C64 is crap! Guesser <alistair@zxnet.co.uk> - 2016-01-14 15:24 +0000
  Re: The C64 is crap! Jan van den Broek <fortytwo@xs4all.nl> - 2016-01-21 22:31 +0100
    Re: The C64 is crap! Andreas Kohlbach <janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-01-21 18:05 -0500
      Re: The C64 is crap! removemefirst.Drew.Klenotic@f1701.n2215.z1.fidonet.org (Drew Klenotic) - 2016-01-22 20:42 +1200
        Re: The C64 is crap! Andreas Kohlbach <janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-01-23 15:21 -0500
          Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-24 10:06 +1300
          Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-24 10:08 +1300
            Re: The C64 is crap! Andreas Kohlbach <janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-01-24 18:10 -0500
              Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-25 14:09 +1300
                Re: The C64 is crap! Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2016-01-30 02:33 +0100
                Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-30 18:16 +1300
                Re: The C64 is crap! Andreas Kohlbach <janrat.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-01-30 14:54 -0500
                Re: The C64 is crap! Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2016-02-01 10:36 +0200
              Re: The C64 is crap! removemefirst.Drew.Klenotic@f1701.n2215.z1.fidonet.org (Drew Klenotic) - 2016-01-26 19:45 +1200
          Re: The C64 is crap! removemefirst.Drew.Klenotic@f1701.n2215.z1.fidonet.org (Drew Klenotic) - 2016-01-26 19:38 +1200
            Re: The C64 is crap! Dombo <dombo@disposable.invalid> - 2016-01-29 23:12 +0100
              Re: The C64 is crap! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-01-30 12:39 +1300
      Re: The C64 is junk! nospam.Ed.Vance@f1.n770.z1437.fidonet.org (Ed Vance) - 2016-02-18 10:23 +1200
        Re: The C64 is junk! Andreas Kohlbach <febr.9.ankman@spamgourmet.net> - 2016-02-19 15:57 -0500
  The C64 is crap! Terry Raymond <traymond20@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 14:19 -0800

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