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Old 07-22-2010, 01:58 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by kilohertz53 View Post
Never mind the case -- reading text on a standard-definition television screen is difficult and fatiguing to the eyes. I remember using a word processing processing program on my Commodore 64 about 25 years ago (Shudder!). Of course, it's probably no worse than reading text messages on a lo-res cell phone screen...
I logged time on C64s. The biggest issue was dealing with the standard 40 character rows. You could get software that would create an 80 column screen, but legibility suffered and it wasn't compatible with everything.

I wonder if this can be plugged into something that isn't a TV, like a standard monitor.

I'm also curious about the 8 bit technology used for cost savings. Offhand, I'd guess something like a Zilog Z80 as the CPU, which makes me wonder what the OS is.
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