Re: C65 Classroom Computer

From: Nate Lawson <nate_at_root.org>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 16:58:29 -0800
Message-Id: <5586F541-4CC3-4E8D-A4DC-C4E4BFC10157@root.org>
So either engineering went rogue on this or some business person liked this idea of re-entering the school market with a cheap C65.

Either case is so far out in C64 fanfic territory that it’s in keeping with the project’s whole nature. 

-Nate

> On Dec 15, 2018, at 3:36 PM, Rob Clarke <crock@clarke-family.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> I beleive Plus/4's were commonly used in schools in Hungary as well.
> 
>> On 15/12/2018 23:35, Chris Wareham wrote:
>>> On 15/12/2018 18:15, Mia Magnusson wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've never heard of any school usage of Commodore computers except the
>>> usage of various PETs (and educator 64) in North America.
>>> 
>> 
>> We had Commodore PET machines at my state run school in the UK - both
>> 2001 and 4000 series models. They were no longer in use by the time I
>> got there though, as the BBC machines from Acorn had become the
>> preferred classroom computer.
>> 
>> Chris
>> 
> 
Received on 2018-12-16 03:00:03

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