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    I adore my... —David Koudys
   SX 64 baby! (URL) after 20 years, I finally got my hands on one! When I'm in a particularly jaunty mood, I go out and buy something totally wrong, but oh so right for me... Did I need it? Nope--I have a PET, a Vic 20, a 64, a 128, all in boxes (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: I adore my... —Calum Tsang
     (...) Oh, no need to justify your purchase here. an SX64 is a treasure. Very cool! Congratulations! If you get a chance, read a book called the Home Computer Wars by Michael Tomczyk. It has the story of the development and marketing of the 64, SX64 (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: I adore my... —Chris Magno
      (...) S T A Y a while..... - pause- !!(S T A Y F O R E V E R)!! moo ha ha ha (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: I adore my... —Iain Hendry
      (...) Oh no. Horrible memories of grade 4* computer class and people loading that game off of BIG FLEXIBLE DISC and geting in trouble for playing "games" during Mavis Beacon. Iain * - or whenever, I honestly don't remember. I know we had a whole (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
     
          Re: I adore my... —David Koudys
       In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote: <snip> (...) The SX 64 was hte first colour portable computer, which just happened to be a Commodore 64 in a case with a 1541 and a small 5" screen built in. THe commodore company came up with the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
      
           Re: I adore my... —Iain Hendry
       (...) Hilarious that a search in google for "Commodore SX 64" yeilds the first hit as: (URL) Iain (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
      
           Re: I adore my... —David Koudys
       (...) I saw that a while back--really neat page. However, since i have this P3 1ghz Toshiba laptop, I'm not in the mood to try and 'update' my newly acquired SX 64 to a Windows platform--I'll just use it as is (at least for now... :) ) I find it (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
      
           Re: I adore my... —Iain Hendry
       "David Koudys" <dkoudys@redeemer.on.ca> wrote in message news:HG2t6A.12Ln@lugnet.com... (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
     
          Re: I adore my... —Jeff Van Winden
      (...) Were they PETS ? Jeff VW (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: I adore my... —David Koudys
      (...) Get him my robots..... Oooooohhhh, can't wait until 5:01 when I'm out the door and playing 64 games all weekend!!! Well, maybe not... Oh well, it's there :) Dave K (21 years ago, 6-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: I adore my... —Jeff Elliott
      (...) Kill him, my robots! I loved the sound effects when you're in a room with a pile of robots moving in a pattern - kind of a syncopated BUZZIT BUZZIT BZP BZP BUZZIT BUZZIT BZP BZP. Jeff E PS: This weekend, I bought an SX, too! Aerio SX, that (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: I adore my... —Iain Hendry
      (...) ROCK ON!! Dude, that's awesome! I've long admired the Aerio, in second place behind the Echo hatch. Well, maybe not second place. And it is kind of big. (Now I'm all about the Chevy Aveo/Daewoo Kalos, too. I'd be more interested in it, except (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: I adore my... —David Koudys
      (...) Played Bruce Lee and MULE. Then I played StarCraft and Diablo 2 all Sunday at a friends house. Was a good video-game weekend. Dave K (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: I adore my... —Chris Magno
      (...) (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: I adore my... —Benjamin Medinets
     (...) Congrats. Jeff. I hope it lasts a long time. Ben (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: I adore my... —Iain Hendry
   I just realized how funny the title on this thread is. Everyone respond, replying with what they adore. Iain (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: I adore my... —Benjamin Medinets
   (...) sorry for using the FTX, but.... I adore this: (URL) or this: (URL) or this: (URL) (which I recently won (8 minutes ago, to be exact) on Ebay for a very good price (at LOT better than 180 MSRP, that's for sure). chill, Ben. (21 years ago, 7-Jun-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
 

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