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classichasclass 12 days ago | parent | on: What's so great about the Atari ST?
There's some additional issues with the piece this article quotes, in addition to the ones he mentions:
- When mentioning the 128, they don't even consider VDC mode, which did (on the flat 128, anyway) have a 640x200 monochrome mode. It didn't get used much and Commodore didn't really acknowledge it, but it was there.
- The 1.8MHz clock rate for the Atari 8-bits depended on how much it got interrupted by the video hardware.
- The color comparison doesn't include Amiga HAM.
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classichasclass 21 days ago | parent | on: ST Book, the Atari ST notebook
I've got a STacy. Not nearly as ... elegant.
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- bmonkey325 20 days ago
  Maybe not as rare as ST book but still a rare bird and getting more exclusive each day.
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classichasclass 37 days ago | parent | on: Refurb weekend: The Symbolics MacIvory Lisp machin...
Hey, thank you! I will add that the MacIvory is probably the easiest Symbolics system to actually own and run. The full-size systems are VMEbus tanks, and some can be incredibly loud.
On the other hand, I hear from others that Symbolics had the best software, even if the TI Explorer series may be more liveable.
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classichasclass 59 days ago | parent | on: The Amazing Programming Language Lost For 40 Yrs: ...
This is basically PILOT on steroids.
classichasclass 123 days ago | parent | on: Pretty pictures, bootable floppy disks, and the fi...
(author) Hey, thanks!
classichasclass 125 days ago | parent | on: A recreation of Stacey's Apple IIc program from A ...
Close, but the font on the map screen is wrong. In the movie, I think it's just the regular IIe character set on HGR. His font glyphs are close but not quite right.
- bmonkey325 123 days ago
  He spoke to that in the video a little bit. He had to draw the text using shape tables using a font from Beagle Brothers. I am not sure if they had the stock font from thr Apple rom available.
classichasclass 139 days ago | parent | on: Jaw-Dropping SNES Mod Fixes One Of The Console's B...
I salute the technical achievement, but I think a lot of games were designed around the limitations of analogue video and while this is probably the most faithful way of getting clean output (rather than brute-force post-processing), it seems too clean for the SNES.
classichasclass 164 days ago | parent | on: KickC is a C-compiler for 6502-based platforms cre...
A highly performant C compiler on the 6502 is certainly doing the Lord's work, but I'd still rather write in assembly.
- bmonkey325 163 days ago
  If I need to write on the metal - I prefer to use a Macro Assembler like the Atari Macro Assembler or a bespoke cross assembler. I no longer have the mental focus to keep all the flags and state in my head as I did in my teens and twenties.
classichasclass 190 days ago | parent | on: Raspberry Pi Powers Commodore 64 Expansion Cartrid...
Reminiscent of SNES DOOM, where the coprocessor on the cartridge is basically doing the work.
classichasclass 205 days ago | parent | on: All new keyboard for your C64 and C64C
I'd like one for the 128, please (especially the 128D).
- mgs 202 days ago
  There's a final stretch goal for a keyboard case with a DB25 connector!
  https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keyboard-for-your-commodo...
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