So there's a blog, trolling the VIC20 and C64.

[Witzo]

Here is a blog bashing our beloved 8-bitters:

http://commodore64crap.wordpress.com/20 ... modore-64/

And if that's not disturbingly funny enough, here's a blog coming to the defense of our beloved 8-bitters:

http://c64crapdebunk.wordpress.com/2013 ... -used-one/

I can't help but smile

[Boray]

This is like when they find an old mad man on an isolated island thinking the vietnam war still is on.

[tlr]

That was a somewhat amusing read but also sad. This person obviously has personal issues.

[RobertBe]

Heh, the guy writing the article forgot that William Shatner also did advertisements for the Commodore PET.

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug

[TMR]

And if that's not disturbingly funny enough, here's a blog coming to the defense of our beloved 8-bitters:

http://c64crapdebunk.wordpress.com/2013 ... -used-one/

I can't help but smile

This one is me... don't worry, this isn't the first time i've been called disturbing. i was wondering where all that extra traffic was coming from! =-)

[RJBowman]

The guy bitches that the VIC basic lacks graphic commands. He's one of those guys that wants everything done for him.

[Boray]

The guy bitches that the VIC basic lacks graphic commands. He's one of those guys that wants everything done for him.

Well, A vic-20 + super expander cost a fraction of a c64. Super expander had the same price as an 8K ram expansion or a little less than a tape drive:
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... .php?t=570

I guess one of the ideas with the vic-20 was that you could start off really inexpensive and add more things later on if you liked.

[orion70]

This reminds me of a similar Italian blog that's been online for years now, comparing the C64 (and to a lesser extent the VIC-20) to the ZX Spectrum, all to the good of the Sinclair computer of course .

If you want to have fun, here's the link to an English version of it.

I don't see the point in these discussions in 2013.

[pallas]

I remember having arguments with friends who had the spectrum:

- my spectrum has better games!
- yes but as long as it doesn't fry!

But - we were 10 or something.

[orion70]

Hey, what you're saying, Spectrum's games are no better than ours!

[TMR]

I don't see the point in these discussions in 2013.

Honestly? There's no real point but they can at least be entertaining and, if done right, can be pretty educational as well; of course, this particular situation isn't one of those cases but in the past i've learnt a huge amount about 8-bit computers from similar discussions across the internet and even tried to set up an online forum dedicated to that sort of discussion to take them away from the format-specific sites (it didn't work, but that's a long story in itself).

i'm certainly not taking what i'm doing in my blog seriously as such and don't expect anyone else to either (although i noticed quite a few footprints in the traffic logs coming from here =-) but it's a good chance to practice an alternative writing style and occasionally delve around in 8-bits i haven't looked at too much to date so, again, it's proving educational for me.

[orion70]

I completely agree with your point of view, in fact my question was about the Italian site I linked, in which the sport is to bash the "adversary" with no real arguments (from which I would have learned, if there were any). This attitude replicates discussions we had in the mid-Eighties, when the ZX Spectrum was literally hated and not really known or respected for the features it had - and it was the same for C64 on the opposite site.

[eslapion]

Heh, the guy writing the article forgot that William Shatner also did advertisements for the Commodore PET.

Did he? I didn't know that.

[Serious]

This read as tongue-in-cheek to me. I think the guy is just having a little fun.