The C256 Phoenix Project aka What Commodore 256 could have been like
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#2Page is unreadable on a tablet.
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#3I was really tempted to buy that C64 (C64 mini?) remake the other day, eventually decided not to buy it but this is very intriguing.
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#4This is a dupe (sort of) of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17273954
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#5Its been really interesting for me to observe this re-focus on older technology, having been involved in the retro computing scene for the last few decades .. it has grown and grown, to the point where there are now titles being released for machines in the 80's that are nowhere like what our expectations were, back in the day. We have titles on some systems that are simply mind-blowing these days, in comparison.
My favourite 80's system, the Oric-1/Atmos range of computers, has even gotten a few re-designs as well:
The Oric-1/Atmos machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric
The SuperOric: http://andre.cheramy.net/super/hardsuper.htm
The AtmoStrat: http://forum.defence-force.org/viewtopic.php?t=1692 -and- http://oric.club/atmostrat
The Twilighte expansion: http://orix.oric.org (^^ named in honour of one of the best programmers for the Oric systems that ever lived...)
One wonders whether or not we won't see, in a few short years time, some sort of return to the retro-computing ethos of simpler computers, more easily maintained by their interested users, for more advanced tasks.
I could imagine, for example, building an Internet capable suite of software for Atmos machines equipped with the Twilighte card, and do away with (for example) using my MacBook Pro for email/casual news reading. The idea of moving to a less powerful architecture for the most common daily tasks, as perverse as it sounds, really appeals to me. There's no reason I couldn't use the same machine as a Twitter client, also...
Re: The C256 Phoenix Project aka What Commodore 256 could have been like
#6Its been really interesting for me to observe this re-focus on older technology, having been involved in the retro computing scene for the last few decades .. it has grown and grown, to the point where there are now titles being released for machines in the 80's that are nowhere like what our expectations were, back in the day. We have titles on some systems that are simply mind-blowing these days, in comparison. My…
> We have titles on some systems that are simply mind-blowing these days, in comparison.
Sounds interesting, could you name any of these?
Re: The C256 Phoenix Project aka What Commodore 256 could have been like
#7Its been really interesting for me to observe this re-focus on older technology, having been involved in the retro computing scene for the last few decades .. it has grown and grown, to the point where there are now titles being released for machines in the 80's that are nowhere like what our expectations were, back in the day. We have titles on some systems that are simply mind-blowing these days, in comparison. My…
> We have titles on some systems that are simply mind-blowing these days, in comparison. Sounds interesting, could you name any of these?
I sure can! Check out this great collection of games for the Oric-1/Atmos, released in the 21st Century, which nevertheless would have blown several thousand users' minds if they had've been released in the 80's. Titles such as this were never even dreamed of back in the day - yet here we are, in the 21st Century, and the amazing titles just keep coming:
http://www.defence-force.org/index.php?page=games
For a bonus, check out anything published by Twilighte in the Oric archives: https://www.oric.org/index.php?page=software&fille=softwares...
.. he was (RIP, fuck cancer) one of the greatest Oric developers of all times, and the inspiration he set off in the community over 15 years ago has shown no signs of dying out .. in fact, we keep getting stuff on this platform 'as a tribute to Twilighte', 5 years after his passing ..
EDIT: a recent example I thought worth mentioning - Twi's unfinished O-Type project, I link here to a mid-thread demo video:
http://forum.defence-force.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=345&hili...
Anyone who was ever an Oric user is bound to watch that video and go "WTF, I had no idea the Oric could do that..." Graphics and Music far beyond what we considered a norm back in the day.
Simply mind-blowing.
Re: The C256 Phoenix Project aka What Commodore 256 could have been like
#8Page is unreadable on a tablet.
Getting quite tired of comments like these. The web was made for computers, not for tablets. If tablets are dumbed down and handicapped to the point that they can no longer partake in the web your beef is with the tablet manufacturer or the browser vendor. Either one or both has all the tools at their disposal to fix these issues. All the webserver does is serve up a bunch of data, the interpretation of that data is up to your client.
Re: The C256 Phoenix Project aka What Commodore 256 could have been like
#9Its been really interesting for me to observe this re-focus on older technology, having been involved in the retro computing scene for the last few decades .. it has grown and grown, to the point where there are now titles being released for machines in the 80's that are nowhere like what our expectations were, back in the day. We have titles on some systems that are simply mind-blowing these days, in comparison. My…
I wonder if there are two reasons:
1. there is a generation coming to age now that never got to know these computers first hand.
2. More and more "computers" are getting locked down, supposedly for our own good. Even FOSS is bitten by this bug.
Re: The C256 Phoenix Project aka What Commodore 256 could have been like
#10Page is unreadable on a tablet.
Getting quite tired of comments like these. The web was made for computers, not for tablets. If tablets are dumbed down and handicapped to the point that they can no longer partake in the web your beef is with the tablet manufacturer or the browser vendor. Either one or both has all the tools at their disposal to fix these issues. All the webserver does is serve up a bunch of data, the interpretation of that data is…
“Unreadable on tablet/mobile” is almost always a misguided attempt to accommodate those platforms, though. Sites made without even thinking about them tend to work just fine.