> Not a problem! Where are you located? I'm sure either I or
 > Russell would be able to upload the PD version of 64NET
 > somewhere close to you...

It's been uploaded to every 64 supporting BBS I know of.

 > hehe.. just as a bit of trivia, did you know that in Poland and
 > other eastern block countries, the C64 is in demand? And I
 > believe that CBM-Germany is still making them, to cover this
 > demand? Which might be why the figure was quoted higher than I
 > thought by that Peter guy...

"That Peter guy" is Dr. Peter Kittel, head of CBM Germany.  He's
quite friendly, I've chatted to him via email regarding the C65.  CBM
Germany are stilll making 64s, although only for a minimum order of 10,000
units.

 > Hopefully the new owners will put a bit more time into the
 > development part of it, though if Samsung or whoever get hold of
 > it, this probably won't happen :(

The latest is that CBM-UK and Samsung have jointly bought the rights to
CBM.  CBM-UK are *very* keen to keep the CBM range alive.

 > program in 6502/Z80/ any lower class cpu anymore, which makes it
 > a little difficult for engineers to use these chips for small
 > projects. Hey, I might even be in demand one day ;)

You?  A job??  

 > Yep, if Commodore had of done things right, they'd still be
 > alive today. If they'd delayed the release of the Amiga for a
 > few years, released the C65, then made the Amiga C65 compatible,
 > we might have had a different story.

I think that CBM would have been left behind if they'd done that.  When the
Amiga was released it was "state of the art".  The C65 wouldn't
have been (altho' it would have been rather nice).

I do beleive that a lot of die-hard 64 users would have switched to the 65
tho'.  This would have made them "ripe" as targets for upgrading
to the Amiga.

 > ... Drifting into the night, with my soldering iron in hand,
 >     I open up my 64, and survey the digital land;
 >     My fears have changed throughout the years,
 >     My knowledge focusing into a tight band;
 >     I make the change, and go to bed;
 >     And forget if there was any point to this poem at all.
 >     Ho hum.

Stick to blowing up computers.

;-)

--- FMail 0.94