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Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

#21

Post by Retr0spectrum » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 4:53 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #5

The silly thing is that the Raspberry Pi that is used to implement this, is actually a far more powerful computer than the C64 to begin with.

If the point was th be sensible, this project wouldn't exist in the first place.

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

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Post by joeblau » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:17 PM UTC

Awesome. It'e even native... not a hybrid web app built in Electron.

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

#23

Post by Washuu » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:19 PM UTC

Jaruzel wrote: post #15

kzisme wrote: post #12

Should have just stuck with IRC :(

Slack IS IRC... just with new clothes on. :)

Not even close. Slack regularly screws up text, harfs on things, and does generally not-IRC things. Overall Slack's interface is terrible and does not seem to have been tested by anyone who has regularly used chat interfaces in the past.

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

#24

Post by poorman » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:20 PM UTC

I could really use this seeing as... https://twitter.com/NickPoorman/status/737647940026634240

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

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Post by _joel » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:22 PM UTC

Washuu wrote: post #23

Jaruzel wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slack IS IRC... just with new clothes on. :)

Not even close. Slack regularly screws up text, harfs on things, and does generally not-IRC things. Overall Slack's interface is terrible and does not seem to have been tested by anyone who has regularly used chat interfaces in the past.

And it's a close-walled garden, not anything like what the internet elders envisaged. IRC is a protocol. Slack is a product. AFAIK, you can't spin up your own slack service and run your own private slack (happy to be corrected)

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

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Post by phyushin » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:27 PM UTC

This is great

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

#27

Post by joshfriend » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:31 PM UTC

poorman wrote: post #24

I could really use this seeing as... https://twitter.com/NickPoorman/status/737647940026634240

Wow, you really need to be in less slack teams...

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

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Post by bduerst » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

Diederich wrote: post #11

jedimastert wrote: post #10

Does the C64 have TCP/IP capabilities?

The original version? Not even close. (: TCP/IP was a thing when the C64 came out, but it was one of many competing networking standards, and it wasn't even the favorite to win.

Fascinating - what was favored to win at the time?

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

#29

Post by laumars » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:44 PM UTC

poorman wrote: post #24

I could really use this seeing as... https://twitter.com/NickPoorman/status/737647940026634240

I connect to Slack from my favourite IRC client (Irssi) after getting fed up with the memory that the official client used. It's not as retro-cool as this C64 port but it fits my command line orientated workflow better than the Electron app did and allows me to build my own client-side plugins in Perl.

Re: Slack client for Commodore 64

#30

Post by giacomolaw » Tue, Nov 29, 2016, 5:53 PM UTC

I love it!