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Article #285983Re: Convergence: PC vs. Console multiplayer gaming
From: ScratchMonkey
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:08
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:08
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"Jonah Falcon" <jonah...@mindspring.com> wrote in news:113166843...@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com: > I hope you realize the Atari 2600 was a PC. So was the ColecoVision. So > was the NES. What the fuck do you think runs console systems? An > abacus? "PC" is Personal Computer. Before IBM used the term to convince its business customers that it invented the idea, it meant any general purpose small computer that an individual could afford, such as the Apple II, Imsai, and TRS-80. The 2600 was not a general purpose computer. Nor the NES. PC's were extensible with custom hardware and included the ability for end users to create their own applications. (I did find a 3rd party hardware kit for doing 2600 development, using a special cartridge, but that wouldn't make the 2600 by itself a PC.) The Xbox is not a PC. But you can buy a development Xbox for more bucks that could be used as one. Waste of money, I think, considering how much cheaper a true GP PC is. (My first PC was the Amiga 1000, and I've still got my Amiga 2000 in the closet. It was a long time before IBM and the big video card companies matched its performance. Too bad Commodore's marketing sucked worse than IBM's OS/2 marketing department.)
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Subject: Re: Convergence: PC vs. Console multiplayer gaming
From: ScratchMonkey <ScratchMonk...@sewingwitch.com>
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