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Commodore had all sorts of problems particularly after Tramiel left / ousted. Atari actually kept within range of the 8-bit pricing of Commodore and had a much
by protomyth 8y ago
Commodore had all sorts of problems particularly after Tramiel left / ousted. Atari actually kept within range of the 8-bit pricing of Commodore and had a much better set of custom chips.
Apple might have never been able to get to C64 prices but they sure could have dropped enough to get well clear of IBM. Regardless, its was Commodore's market share to lose not Apple's.
- rpiguy 8y agoThe Atari had: An inferior sound chip Bigger pallets but with fewer colors per cell Tiny sprites If anything the custom chips of the C64 and the Atari 8-bit line are about equal, each taking different trade offs.