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Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:42:01 GMT
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At 11:40 AM 1/7/2004, Mark wrote:
Mike Thorn wrote:
And besides, just because the line discontinues doesn't mean all the
RCX's disappear off the face of the earth. We still have the core component.

Right... just because Commodore stopped making the C64 that shouldn't stop
C64 development because of all the people that bought them in the first place?

If IBM hadn't produced their PC's and the Macs never broke into the market
we'd still be using C64's. The key thing is that the C64's became outdated
and obsolete. The RCX is far from outdated OR obsolete.

~Mike



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  Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
 
(...) Right... just because Commodore stopped making the C64 that shouldn't stop C64 development because of all the people that bought them in the first place? Sorry... it doesn't work like that. The RCX and the Mindstorms line won't die instantly, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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