PC Magazine presented a list of 12 computer duds, and while I agree with most of them, my old friend the Commodore 128 makes an appearance. Commodore released several duds over the years, but calling the 128 one of them doesn’t seem fair.
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Commodore 128, top-12 dud? By what measure?
by Dave Farquhar on August 17, 2011
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Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 17, 2011
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