Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 18:30

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Did you say Mindset? Don' t leave that out of the conversation. It was an Amiga in terms of graphical capability, animation at least. With some honest degree of cga compatibility. Another gorgeous plastic clad unit. It's plastic is horrid and cheap though.

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 18:27

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Yep. The 128d was a looker. Like the A1000. The later Amigas were horrid by comparison. Weeks after I moved into this house in late 97 a thrift store opened up. They had a 128d. $10. I passed and bought a TI Pro (8088). I should have bought both. I think they may have had an Amiga also (500 probably …

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Re: Fur Elise

Posted on 2023-09-28, 18:17

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Prazi bought out the old Hobbymat name I take it. Those machines were/are also branded Unitech. They're metal cutting lathes. Some woodworking machinery also. I can't understand why a google search reveals nothing for you. Try using an umlaut ;) Allegedly there were Taiwanese copies of the Sd-300 at …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 16:46

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The Tandy 2000 was both bios and dos function call compatible with ibm. I'm not sure any other computer was "that" compatible. But alas it didn't matter. Someone needs to develop a cute box.to store a miSTer or whatever in. Something that'll run ST, Amiga, and Apple IIgs software. There were also PC …

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Re: Fur Elise

Posted on 2023-09-28, 16:39

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Thanks for that. My paint set was made in Denmark. Gratefully the instructions are anglo. No offense, they'd likely dry up by the time I learn Danish. All of a sudden I'm hungry ... Do they have wolverines or badgers in Denmark? Wolverines afaik are usually larger. Like dogs. Nastiest animals on the …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 16:19

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I don't have a working C64 at the moment. I would like to see a comparison of 3d rendering or juat rotating on both computers. Something tells me it'll be much quicker on a pc. But what do I know.

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Re: Fur Elise

Posted on 2023-09-28, 16:04

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So you're saying Für Elise is used as a funeral dirge. I don't know why. It has somber yet an uplifting aspect to it. I cannot understand why I had to listen to at least 3 "most famous classical songs you don't know the name of" videos before hearing it. Maybe it's so significant a tune to me …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 15:56

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Never said Commies couldn't run business software. Or that you couldn't dabble in programming or graphics or even AI (was there ever a PROLOG for the 64?). You just had to do it in less then 64k with a ~1 mhz processor. People are Sheaple. They'll go with the flow. Sometimes though it's the only …

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Re: Fur Elise

Posted on 2023-09-28, 15:37

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Thank you. Now maybe you can help me pronounce the german company name PRAZI. I had thought there was an umlaut above the 'a', but I'm not seeing it anywhere. Would it make a difderemce in the pronunciation? Many years ago I heard a man from Missouri pronounce it like NAZI. Or NOT SEA. In my heart I …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 15:10

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No. No way. Not even close. It all started with that brown donkey game probably written by Gates AND Allan. We're still haunted by the ghost of that game in 2023 in EVERY Microsoft product. I've never even seen it. Anyone? All I know is on actual IBM 5153 CGA monitors (and also 5154s and 5175s? Not …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 15:03

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The Commodore 64 was an enormous success in the US. I don't know how many were sold over seas by comparison. But 30 million worldwide? I have to imagine a big chunk were bought here. I have 4 presently. None work LOL. I gave a nice 1 away 2 years ago. I'm coping well. I was in Frankfort airport in …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 14:50

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Scali gaming interests are the monstrous unstoppable force behind especially hardware and software development in today's world. In the early 2000s hacker's found using a gpu to brute force password guessing was far fasterthen using the cpu. A phenomenon that cteated the cryptocurrency …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 14:39

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I'm merely a European, but I always thought that the Tandy 1000 was an US American phenomenon. The guys over the big pond were struggling with home computers thanks to the big video game crash caused by Atari 2600 and its large game library of poor games. That's why the NES was so popular, it …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 14:21

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Alien Syndrome was a better experience on the C64 then the actual arcade version imo. Probably owing to it's hardware sprites. No PC had them. Why? Becauae it was a feature of game computers/consoles. People love their games, so do I. But enumerating all the features present in gaming computers and …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 13:09

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A Tandy 1000 in late 1985 was 1000 usd with a monitor. A crappy monitor most people would say, even the upgrade, which brought the price to 1300 give or take, was still crap. I bought one, tje upgraded package that is. Not to argue but it was 10x the computer a C64 was. When I discovered BYTE …

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Re: Fur Elise

Posted on 2023-09-28, 12:55

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That's exactly what I said. But it wadn't 50 Beethoven songs. I didn't know who the composer was. My best guess was Mozart. I actually thought I knew the who the author was way back. But I was wrong. I don't believe I've ever heard the title.

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Fur Elise

Posted on 2023-09-28, 06:02

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Sorry don't know how to make an umlaut. For 3 days I've been trying to figure out what the name of that song was (the ome in my head). And what arcade game used it. I listened to 50 songs or more. By Beethoven. The game was Phoenix. I'm goimg to bed.

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-28, 01:31

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I have to totally disagree. Memories are triggered by any number of things. I painted a table recently with green Rustoleum enamel (with a brush). I may never have used green Rustoleum before, but the smell reminded me of something IMMEDIATELY - painting an Aurora Godzilla model with undoubtedly …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-27, 21:38

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The first time I used a modem was in 1993 iorc. Someone gave me an accoustic coupler thingee a few years earlier. I never really figured it out. I needed a driver for an HP 386 tower (RS/20? Loved that pile of garbage. Don't know why I sold it). Never used a C64 to telecommunicate. I only knew …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-27, 17:28

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Can't read the whole discussion at this time. But I'll my 2 farthings. The Commie was compact. Ok so was the Atari 800 and Apple //c. The 64 sold for 100 usd or less (maybe considerably less) in it's final days. At tthat point the breadbins were no more. A friends gave me his 64 w/o a 1541. It died …

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