Hey all,
>> I think we're kind of drifting from the subject here. The point
>> is that someone (don't remember who exactly, sorry) kind of loosely compared
a
>> TR with a C64 in the first place. Now, the TR might still be MSX (and
therefore
>> MSX1 compatible) but that's hardly fair isn't it? I think systems should
compare
>> each other by their time of being, not by their brand name... let alone their
>> level of backwards compatibility.
>
>Then, we are making 2 comparations: MSX vs C64, and MSX vs Amiga.
Absolutely.
The latest generation MSXs (I mean the TR) mustn't be compared with C64s,
Spectrums, CPCs or any other 8 bitter for that matter. It's silly. In 1990 no
one willing to buy new gear could possibly consider a C64. The thing to go for
was the Amiga and ST so I don't think the
'C64-sucks-go-get-a-TR-and-don't-you-dare-mention-the-Amiga' approach makes any
sense.
>You are really surprising me! Yes, the point is that someone compared
>MSX to C64. Then, someother said that, if speaking of MSX-TR, the C64
>people will talk about Amiga. But, hey! The point is that Amiga is not
>C64!!! They are different computers.
Right, we're getting to the main point now, which is that no MSX-head arguing
with a C64er should ever bring in the TR in the first place. And in case he or
she does you shouldn't be surprised that the Amiga pops in. There were legions
of C64 users shifting to the Amiga those days. And unlike the TR, the C64 was
dead meat already.
The TR belongs to the 90s. The C64 doesn't. In one of those lovely Playground
System Wars of the early 90s a C64 user would choose the Amiga to stick by.
What's the big deal?
>MSX has evolved more than C64. The C64 evolution stopped before the MSX.
>Well, Commodore created Amiga, but it is NOT a C64.
In case someone didn't notice already :)
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