From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: bthorn64@suddenlink.net   
   Subject: Re: William Shatner wants YOU to buy a VIC-20   
      
   On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:45:26 -0800 (PST), Graeme    
   wrote:   
      
   >On Nov 20, 12:04aam, "Your Name"  wrote:   
   >> The VIC-20 *was* "the best thing since warp drive". We had one which was   
   >> later upgraded to a C64, and then my brother bought an Amiga 500 ... and   
   >> then Commodore was destroyed by inept and incompetent management, so we   
   >> moved to Apple Macs.   
   >   
   >Yeah, it was.  People forget how groundbreaking those systems were in   
   >their day.   
      
   VIC-20 and Commodore 64 were decent enough, but their main virtue was   
   their price tag. Commodore dumped them on the market at very close to   
   a loss, launching a price war that competitors (Radio Shack, Apple,   
   Texas Instruments...) were unwilling to wage, leaving Commodore   
   dominating the home computer market of the early 80s. Of course, it   
   also left Commodore on weak financial ground where they were never   
   able to take full advantage of the truly groundbreaking Amiga in the   
   second half of the 80s.   
      
   >Doesn't Kirk have a Commodore system in his apartment in Star Trek II?   
      
   "I know of your fondness for antiques."   
      
   Brian   
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