ÓÕÂÊ: ÇÅÏÒÁÍ VS 1750 (Ò5) ÆÒÏÍ: ÊACK×163 01/13/90 Ó#: 505444 É UNDERSTAND THE NEW ÇÅÏÒÁÍ IS USEABLE ÏÎÌÙ WITH ÇÅÏÓ... ÉT CAN NOT BE USED AS A ÒÁÍÄÉÓË WITH OTHER ÃOMMODORE SOFTWARE. ÉS THIS CORRECT? ÓPEED WISE, WHICH UNIT IS FASTER, WHEN USED WITH ÇÅÏÓ? ÏR ARE THEY BOTH ABOUT THE SAME SPEED? ÉF THEY ARE BOTH EQUIVALENT, SPEED WISE AND STORAGE CAPACITY WISE, WOULDNT IT BE SMARTER TO PURCHASE THE 1750 ÒÅÕ (FOR A FEW $ MORE) AND HAVE A UNIT THAT WORKS WITH ÇÅÏÓ AND OTHER ÃOMMODORE SOFTWARE? É DONT MEAN TO SOUND LIKE É AM KNOCKING YOUR ÇÅÏÒÁÍ PRODUCT... É WAS EXCITED AFTER READING THE AD IN THE ÄEC. ISSUE OF ÒUN... BUT AFTER DOING SOME INQUIRING, HAVE HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT ORDERING... É AM LOOKING AT THIS FROM A $$$'S AND SENSE STANDPOINT, IN TRYING TO GET A ÒÁÍ EXPANDER THAT É CAN USE ACROSS THE BOARD, RATHER THAN WITH ONLY ÏÎÅ PIECE OF ÃOMMODORE SOFTWARE. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: : (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÇEOÒEP ÇÈ× 01/13/90 Ó#: 116994 ÙOUR ANALYSIS IS CORRECT. ÈOWEVER, ÃOMMODORE IS DROPPING THE ÒÅÕ LINES, SO THE CHOICE IS SOON TO BE BETWEEN GETTING GEOÒÁÍ OR DOING WITHOUT. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: 3RD PARTY ÒÅÕ CLONES (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÊIMÇ23 01/13/90 Ó#: 476139 ÔHIS MAYBE TRUE ABOUT ÃOMMODORE DROPPING THEIR OWN ÒÅÕ LINES BUT ÓOFTWARE ÓUPPORT ÉNTERNATIONAL MAKES A 1750 CLONE. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: BUT THE 1750 ÃÌÏÎÅ (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÓHAWNÃ12 01/13/90 Ó#: 810699 IS REALLY A 1764 THAT'S BEEN 'EXPANDED' 'CAUSE ÓOFTWARE ÓUPPORT ÉNT. TAKES THE Ã=1764 AS THE BASIS FOR THEIR 1750 ÃÌÏÎÅ. ÓO NO Ã= 1764 MEANS NO 1750ÃÌÏÎÅ AS WE NOW KNOW IT. ÁNY IDEA WHEN THE Ã= ÒÅÕ'S WILL NO LONGER BE OFFERED? -::- ÓÕÂÊ: 1750 CLONE (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÄOCÂILLY 01/13/90 Ó#: 400889 ÉT MAY HAVE STARTED OUT AS 'JUST A 1764' BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TELL (EXCEPT BY LOOKING AT THE LABEL) THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A 1750. ÉT'S IDENTICAL IN FUNCTION AND CAPACITY. ÉT COMES WITH THE 1764 SOFTWARE SUPPORT PACKAGE THAT ÃOMMODORE INCLUDED ÁÎÄ AN ADDITIONAL PACKAGE THAT UTILIZES THE LARGER CAPACITY OF THE 1750 IN ALL THE SAME WAYS. ÓÓÉ WILL STAND BEHIND THE WARRANTEE THAT ÃOMMODORE ISSUED SO SERVICE CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM (ÁSK ANYONE WHO HAS DELT WITH ÓÓÉ ABOUT THEIR RECORD OF FAST RELIABLE SERVICE EVEN AFTER THE CHECK HAS CLEARED.) É DON'T KNOW HOW É EVER GOT ALONG WITH ON MY Ã-64 BEFORE É HAD THE 1750 CLONE. ÄOCÂILLY 8) ÐÓ: ÇET ÍAVERICK WHILE YOU ARE SHOPPING AT ÓÓÉ. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: : ÆÒÏÍ: ÇEOÒEP ÇÈ× 01/14/90 Ó#: 513728 ÒÅÕS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY AND ÃOMMODORE PROBABLY HAS ALREADY HALTED THEIR PRODUCTION LINE OF ALL Ã64/128 RELATED PRODUCTS. ÉF THE ÒÅÕS CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FOR A WHILE YET, IT WILL ONLY BE BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS BEEN DILUTED BY ÂÓ×'S SUPPLY OF GEOÒÁÍS.