22 Apr
1998
22 Apr
'98
12:17 p.m.
Have you considered doing this for acoustic delay lines?
Actually, I was thinking about making an emulator that would use
.WAV files instead of .T64 or whatever.
too. However, I could generalize and say they were all
DOS-based,
written in Pascal or assembler, don't come with source code, have
poor documentation, etc. and I want to roll my own in straight portable
C.
I'd rather make it general to handle old S-100
tapes, C-64 tapes, etc.
instead of just hard-coding one flavor. It should be ready in
the year 2010.
Don't bet on it. I have a book that predicted quality software by
1990. Seriously, though, I don't think collectors are in danger of
making their hobby worthless by saving too much. I doubt you will see
an "extra" C-64 in 2010. They will all be in the hands of collectors
or landfills.
rescue old data. Sure, QuickCams are nearly disposable
now. Cheap
$1,500 PCs include them these days. Five years from now, they'll be
embedded in cheap monitors. Ten years from now, they'll be in cereal
boxes. Unless the hobby of collecting computer junk is adopted by
Hollywood stars, I humbly suggest that it will be at least *more
difficult*
for you to find spares for your original equipment than
it will be
for me to find something that could deliver a bitmap by looking
at my punched card. :-)
- John
Jefferson Computer Museum <http://www.threedee.com/jcm>
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