21 Dec
2022
21 Dec
'22
7:07 p.m.
If old 8 bits are fun, older 12 bits are even more fun (50% more fun by
word size).
And who needs BASIC in ROM (or on cassette), just toggle in your program
with the switch register😁 or load it by paper tape😛.
On 12/21/2022 12:40 PM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote:
Old 8-bits are fun. All you need is a television
generally and you're ready
to go. Power it up, drop into BASIC, and start doing stuff.
With a PC you need a keyboard, a monitor, a mouse probably, a desktop, some
software, etc. How cumbersome. And uninteresting. And boring.
Maybe not the greatest comparison but that's why I don't come to the
ClassicCmp maillist expecting PC discussions.
Sellam
On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 11:22 PM Chris via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> Ok for cbm and atari yes I'm familiar with most of those. I meant in
> general. And specifically where would you go for server related discussions
> for pII through socket 771? Every classic/vintage forum seems to adhere to
> a classic in it's own right (but perhaps totally valid) definition of
> obsolete hardware and software. Remember before this stuff was classic it
> was overwhelmingly considered to be obsolete junk. Win98/2000/XP has been
> moderately collectible for a while. Don't care what category it falls into.
> Socket 775 stuff is more or less just obsolete junk. There's a grouping
> between and contemporary somewhat with those 2 and that's the early-ish
> server class, which no one may _ever_ care much about, because it's
> comparitively rare (few can relate) and lacks agp, so less then ideal for
> gaming. So where do I go for those discussions?
>
> As an aside 2000+\- beige boxes have become pretty collectible, and the
> larger server cases like an Inwin A500 has a chassis that slides out. Real
> nifty. It'll take a full size ssi-eeb mobo, and standard atx. If someone
> gets their hands on 1 they'll likely toss the serverboard and replace it
> with something more appropriate for gaming.
>
> On Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 01:49:24 AM EST, Jim Brain via cctalk <
> cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>
> On 12/21/2022 12:28 AM, Chris via cctalk wrote:
>> I keep hearing allusions to many forums. I think there are very few. I
> don't do FB.
>
> There are many web forums. Just for CBM, there's lemon 64, vcforum,
> atariage (yes, CBM on atariage), denial, Everything 64, and 6502.org
> handles a few things. If you can grok German, there's forum64.de
>
> Mailing lists include cbm-hackers.
>
> Apple, TI, Atari all have similar. AtariAge handles all of them
> nominally. Retro Hackers also handles multiple.
>
> Jim
>
>
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