dano wrote:Wow, you guys are pretty hard on the Atari and it's community. There are fanatics in every community that I've seen so far.
Which part was us being pretty hard on the Atari and its community?
As a graphician, I don't like the 160x192 multicolor mode because it only supports three colors unless one uses crazy PM (sprite) tricks through the very difficult to use "Graf2xex" (spelling) font editor, or whatever it is.
Regarding the fanatics part, I've never seen anyone on the Commodore boards saying that the C64 is objectively better than other computers... and I've seen A8 fans say that on the AA forums. It's a silly statement for any computer, it's all a matter of taste. There was a 500+ post thread on AA about C64 vs. A8, quoting all kinds of arcane tech specs. It felt like too many of them had a chip on their shoulders.
dano wrote:The 400/800 seem to be very well designed, I use SpartaDOS and find it way easier to use than Commodore's Basic, and the system is very expandable too. Not to start a flame war or anything but I find the system to be very much on-par with the C64 despite being 3 years older.
No doubt about the BASIC, CBM BASIC kind of sucks. However, C64s have access to all kinds of easy-to-use aftermarket DOS/BASIC expansions as well (like SpartaDOS).
I'd use the A8 too if I either grew up with it, was impressed by its capabilities, or if it had a more active scene. None of those seem to be true, so I'm just not interested. More power to those who are.
I find the games, graphics, and sound capabilities to be much more powerful on the C64, but again... it's all a matter of taste.