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Re:Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running C... by mixmastamyk on Friday December 09, 2022 @03:45PM (#33926269)
I wasn't aware of this at the time, but they had AT&T Unix on them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_3000UX

$3400 in 1990 is pretty high, but I guess cheap for a "workstation." The average business would probably just suffer on a PC with DOS and Lotus 123 or something.

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Re:Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running C... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday December 09, 2022 @04:05PM (#33926443)
> The average business would probably just suffer on a PC with DOS and Lotus 123 or something.

386 PCs were going for $3500+ in 1990.

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Re:Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running C... by mixmastamyk on Friday December 09, 2022 @08:54PM (#33928979)
386 was five years old by that point, though you can spend as a much as you wanted of course.

But a 386 and graphics are not needed to do what I mentioned.

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Re:Why does the Commodore C128 perform poorly when running C... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday December 09, 2022 @09:04PM (#33929044)
Prices didn't fall that quickly. 386s were premium until the 486 came along and $3500 is still a drop from the introductory pricing where they went for $5000. The 386 was an export controlled supercomputer and the market reflected that early on. 286's were the mid grade with 8086 still available for budget PCs.
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