Show HN: 8bitworkshop IDE for Atari 2600

Post by spc476 » Sun, Dec 25, 2016, 11:22 PM UTC

tlb wrote: post #11

qwertyuiop924 wrote: post #9

Honestly, I'd rather have an editor and assembler running on my system (probably WLA-DX and Emacs). But I can't deny this is impressive, and it's a nice primer for a system that I would love to learn to program.

I've been experimenting with application-specific IDEs too, where the compute power needed is >> my laptop. When I'm using it I edit locally and rsync to the cloud machine where it runs and shows me the results in a browser. I've had on my TODO list to integrate codemirror so other people can do everything remotely, but I don't think I'd use it myself. In principle it can be a bit faster to update, but a function key…

Post by pryelluw » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 12:00 AM UTC

sehugg wrote: post #6

Enjoying the attention this is getting! It's been fun making it and learning the VCS tricks of the trade. I'd like to credit a couple of projects that it depends on, Javatari by Paulo Augusto Peccin ( http://javatari.org/ ) and DASM by Peter King and others ( http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~pjbk/scholar/dasm.html ). Oh yeah and Codemirror ( https://codemirror.net/ ).

Post by jstewartmobile » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 12:53 AM UTC

zubat wrote: post #20

jstewartmobile wrote: post #15

From what I've read, a lot of the guys who worked on the Atari consoles and 8-bit home computers went on to do the Amiga once the ownership changed. Both systems were outstanding, and I have to wonder how far personal computing has been set-back by having IBM's attempt to poison the well as its basis instead of fine systems like the Atari 8-bit series.

As much as I adore all the Jay Miner-led designs, in the grand scheme of things most of the advantages they posed come from being brilliant - and highly customized - relative to their time frame. The Sharp and NEC computers marketed in Japan offer an "alternate history" look at things but even they eventually succumbed to Wintel in the 90's.

Post by homarp » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 1:28 AM UTC

cpayne wrote: post #24

mmjaa wrote: post #19

This is very nice. I hope to see an update in a few months with support for other consoles - might I suggest Oric-1/Atmos at some point? :)

I'd never heard of the Oric before. The Wikipedia article seems incredibly biased. What software would you run on it?

Post by pekk » Mon, Dec 26, 2016, 2:57 AM UTC

zubat wrote: post #20

jstewartmobile wrote: post #15

From what I've read, a lot of the guys who worked on the Atari consoles and 8-bit home computers went on to do the Amiga once the ownership changed. Both systems were outstanding, and I have to wonder how far personal computing has been set-back by having IBM's attempt to poison the well as its basis instead of fine systems like the Atari 8-bit series.

As much as I adore all the Jay Miner-led designs, in the grand scheme of things most of the advantages they posed come from being brilliant - and highly customized - relative to their time frame. The Sharp and NEC computers marketed in Japan offer an "alternate history" look at things but even they eventually succumbed to Wintel in the 90's.