I am writing to fuel the recent debate on micro reliability. Early in 1983 I bought a Commodore 64 (I paid £330!). It had to be returned twice but it is now functioning perfectly.
In January 1984 I supervised the purchase of another 64, which had to be replaced three times. The last one is still not 100 per cent right.
However, my company now uses 15 Commodore 64s, all bought in the last three months, and all perfect (although one of the transformers was defective). Our SX64 survives despite some brutal handling and all three disk drives continue to give satisfaction.
All in all, I have no complaints, when compared with a mere two years ago, about this pretty amazing equipment.
12th January 1985
