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@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@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
