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Its interesting how much more you can get out of a C64 when you attach unlimited storage and super fast communication with that storage via the cartridge port.

I'm thinking Eye of The Beholder.

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Yes: finally your C64 is attached to a supercomputer, with a connection to the mysterious and vast cyberspace, and you can explore it right from your darkened room with a flickering screen. Wasn't that the dream 40 years ago when c64 was introduced?

> Wasn't that the dream 40 years ago when c64 was introduced?

I'd say back then it was just an information superhighway.

Even more for the Commodore 64. While all contemporary microcomputers had a presence on online services and BBSs, starting with the VIC-20 Commodore really pushed its VICmodem (compatible with the 64) and other modems, and included a promotional offer for CompuServe, the largest online service. There's a reason why QuantumLink existed for 64, and not (say) Apple II.

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