MrDave Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 The mc 10 is a cheap hobby computer.. its limited in what it can do.. so people are having fun pushing those limits.. actually making games that are fun.. more memory. Sd card storage etc.. i havevsome . Havent done much with them yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 On 11/20/2020 at 12:42 AM, carlsson said: If Tandy made the MC-10 more like a cut-down but compatible CoCo, it may have affected sales of those. That is always a difficult line to draw, does a system benefit or suffer if a cheaper model that mostly is compatible is released. I suppose the closest comparison I can make is the Acorn Electron which to some degree is a cut-down BBC Micro but I'm not sure it was priced to really undercut the competition. The Commodore 116 was intended to be very cheap and in the end was rather affordable but just like with the MC-10, it differs enough from e.g. the C64 to not being a compatible alternative. With no extended BASIC (not even an ELSE statement, some missing COLOR BASIC functions), no compatibility with the existing software library, and no floppy drive, I'm not sure how it could be much of a threat. Saving/loading BASIC to/from ASCII would have let MC-10 owners a more clear migration path, and hi-res support would have at least made it a more viable product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDave Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Thats a pretty good video..thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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