Re: Happy Easter!
Posted on 2024-03-30, 20:41
Oh, yeah — for example something like this. Not bad! 😀 A few more Easter-related tunes…
Re: Happy Easter!
Posted on 2024-03-30, 19:34
Maybe not that specific song in particular, but somehow recently I like to explore very old recordings: from the 20s, 30s, 40s (at most 50s) — which I actually never was listening to earlier ago. I mean jazz/pop/blues music before the advent of rock'n'roll era.
Happy Easter!
Posted on 2024-03-30, 15:41
Easter Parade
Re: Anyone feel like assisting with debugging a small QBasic project?
Posted on 2024-01-24, 20:13
I'm tempted to encourage you to write this in Forth, but I'm afraid you probably don't program in Forth? 😉
Re: Merry Christmas everyone! :)
Posted on 2023-12-24, 21:16
Oh, it was so long ago, you know… 😉
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-12-24, 17:42
Haven't the slightest idea how many weasels are around you — and, honestly, I don't care about „interlaced video”, neither cared the businesspeople back in 1985 . I hope Santa brings you a huge monitor — interlaced video capable — as a gift. Merry Christmas to you, and bye!
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-12-24, 16:59
We were talking about Amiga — and why they weren't that eager to buy it back in the day — not about the sizes of computer screens.
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-12-24, 16:10
There wasn't as much of a need I agree. But do you agree interlaced video was unsuitable for business tasks? Most businesspeople didn't care about „video” — whether interlaced, or not. XT/AT's offerings were enough for them. The only(?) business-related exceptions regarding Amiga were game …
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-12-24, 15:05
Universities had internet. …the businesspeople hadn't. And even if they had, they would have hardly any need to use it — there were no business-related WWW sites. But business people never bought Amigas. So ... ??? …so I'm trying to explain to you, why businesspeople never bought Amigas. Simple: …
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-12-24, 14:42
kant explain wrote on 2023-12-24, 14:13: Universities had internet. …the businesspeople hadn't. And even if they had, they would have hardly any need to use it — there were no business-related WWW sites.
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-12-24, 13:22
One thing I distinctly recall is that the Amiga was wildly misunderstood by most business users, because it was just too far ahead of its time. People were used to business machines using text-only displays and working from a command prompt, running one program at a time. In 1985 there wasn't …
Merry Christmas everyone! :)
Posted on 2023-12-24, 08:11
Christmas Dream
Re: CuteMouse not working properly
Posted on 2023-12-01, 20:45
CuteMouse is — unfortunately — somewhat buggy; I recommend Genius mouse driver instead (works for me).
Re: FreeDOS won't boot without CD
Posted on 2023-12-01, 20:36
How can I get freedos to boot without the cd? I also had similar problem; perhaps my solution will work for you: first format your SD card in Windows using defaults for that card. No, don't select „FAT32” or anything else — just in that little window click the button described „use default values” …
Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->
Posted on 2023-11-17, 09:51
Someone has put plenty of interesting resources of Comal for PC on Web Archive — I mean especially Unicomal 3.11 IBM PC (and other files uploaded by „amiblitz94” user.
Re: Anybody still coding for DOS/Win16/Win32?
Posted on 2023-11-14, 14:13
That's why it is better to use free software and open source libraries for projects like this. FreeDOS 1.3 ships with a version of DJ GCC version 4.7.1 (form 2012) and the WatcomC compiler 1.9 from 2002. Also XPL0 may be worth trying: XPL0 is similar to Pascal and C. Although not mainstream, over …
Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->
Posted on 2023-10-11, 17:19
vstrakh wrote on 2023-09-06, 17:59: Forth. Really old, but compact and fits really well when put into synthesizable hardware. Have a new, actively developed Forth then (for DOS and CP/M).
Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->
Posted on 2023-10-11, 17:15
Guys, try the XPL0 Programming Language just for fun. ;) XPL0 is similar to Pascal and C. Although not mainstream, over the years it has proven to be immensely useful. It has been used to write everything from operating systems for 6502- and 68000-based computers, to commercial programs for 8088- …
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-10-04, 11:59
Scali wrote on 2023-10-04, 11:45: I didn't twist anything. We'll let the readers judge that.
Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans
Posted on 2023-10-04, 11:44
Scali wrote on 2023-10-04, 11:16: No, what mattered was that you said that if you had the "raw power", you wouldn't bother to put blitters in the machine. Guess what, they did. Even when games didn't use them. …and now you're just twisting my words. But if it makes you happy — feeling „victorious” …
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