Re: How big is Euphoria clan
At 05:58 AM 3/21/01 -0800, you wrote:
>> Oh, for the good old days of the TRS-80, the Apple //c, and 6502
>> ASM.
>>
>Agreed!
Agreed a second time!!
I learnt Z80 machine code on a Sinclair ZX81 and 6502 machine code on a BBC
Model B. BASIC on both. Now who (probably just in the UK but you never
know) remembers the Jupiter Ace? It was an odd one at the time because
instead of running a dialect of BASIC like most micro computers it's native
high level language was FORTH. Now that takes me back ... to about 1982 or
thereabouts :-]
Gamers preferred the Atari 400, Atari 800, Vic 20 (fore runner to the
Commodore 64) and even the Dragon 32. All in the days before hard disks or
even floppy drives were "affordable" items. You "saved" your programs onto
audio tape using a standard tape recorder. That was an art in itself!!!
Getting the volume level and tone (bass/treble) just right was a never
ending process of trail and error.
I don't know these ``kids'' just don't know there born what with all the
RAM, disk drives, graphics modes, sound cards, internet etc. :-] (big
smiles)
In my day you had to wait 5 minutes for BASIC to boot of the audio tape
before you could write your first line of code! Still it meant you could
have great "fun" hacking the tape to swap the BASIC commands "RUN" and
"NEW" around (evil grin).
On a more serious note if anyone is wondering what to do with their old
computer kit (and we are talking 15 to 20 years plus) then I'd recommend
hanging on to it. Mint condition kit will, I think, be worth a bit of cash
in the "soon to happen" computer antique marketplace. Dont forget the
software of the time that goes with it!
Regards,
Andy Cranston.
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