Couldnt agree more.
I reckon the CSIRO making a few bucks is great, if they invented something ( which they do lots of ) and had the smarts to patent it, good on them.
The money made goes back into further research .
How is this ever a bad thing, especially when we are talking about non-proprietry / brand specific stuff.
It's not like they stopping anyone using their technology, they are just reaping the rewards on their investment in technology research.
For govt department they do good stuff - leave em alone.
Dunno about Telstra, but I'm with Optus.
Still the same $69.95AUD a month for 3 gig ( back to 28.8k once you hit your 3 gig cap).
As a sweetener at the moment they are letting you use double your plan for the next couple of months( I get 6gb ), to see if they can suck you into upgrading.
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was an aweome Spectravideo SV328.
80k ram 64 k rom, tape , interface card , printer ( star brand but cant remember model ), joystick etc.
Friends all ragged me as they had Vic20's and Commodore 16's and 64's , but hey MSX was gonna rule wasn't it, it was going to be the utopian standard that all the manufacturers would accept and use and then we'd all be able to talk to each other.............hhhmmmmmm
After that , went for an XT
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Couldnt agree more. I reckon the CSIRO making a few bucks is great, if they invented something ( which they do lots of ) and had the smarts to patent it, good on them. The money made goes back into further research . How is this ever a bad thing, especially when we are talking about non-proprietry / brand specific stuff. It's not like they stopping anyone using their technology, they are just reaping the rewards on their investment in technology research. For govt department they do good stuff - leave em alone.
Dunno about Telstra, but I'm with Optus. Still the same $69.95AUD a month for 3 gig ( back to 28.8k once you hit your 3 gig cap). As a sweetener at the moment they are letting you use double your plan for the next couple of months( I get 6gb ), to see if they can suck you into upgrading.
was an aweome Spectravideo SV328. 80k ram 64 k rom, tape , interface card , printer ( star brand but cant remember model ), joystick etc. Friends all ragged me as they had Vic20's and Commodore 16's and 64's , but hey MSX was gonna rule wasn't it, it was going to be the utopian standard that all the manufacturers would accept and use and then we'd all be able to talk to each other.............hhhmmmmmm After that , went for an XT