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What was your most and least favorite computer to port games to?
TI-99/4a was the worst for me, but I think the entire reason I was hired was that everyone else hated porting to the Apple //.
AI slop at the top, closed immediately.
It's not all AI slop, I assure you.
I can't find any evidence that they've acquired or licensed the name / trademarks from Ziff Davis, the last known holder of Compute's IP, so I would be wary of giving them any money. Also the content gives off strong AI vibes
I registered the trademark through USPTO, you can verify it there. There is some AI involved right now, but not for anything content related.
I like the switch drm writeup, but wonder if they’re just moving pirates towards downloading from the store + dumping the bits.
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It's not all AI slop, I assure you.
I think you might be better off getting rid of the "AI slop" entirely. Without getting into the whole ethical debate (it's worth having, but not here), putting it front and center on the website for a new retrocomputing magazine is kind of like putting an article about new features in Microsoft Word front and center on a website for mechanical typewriter enthusiasts.
All the retro computing people I know are computer nerds, and like playing with new shiny software, including llms.
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I want it to be true. There's really not much information out there on it or the CEO that I can find. My first question was if there's was enough retro material for a monthly.
Edwin Nagle here. I believe there's definitely enough material to support a monthly, especially with a focus on the general retro community rather than solely on C64/128.
Why GAZETTE rather than just COMPUTE! ?
Big fan of the project here BTW.
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I think you might be better off getting rid of the "AI slop" entirely. Without getting into the whole ethical debate (it's worth having, but not here), putting it front and center on the website for a new retrocomputing magazine is kind of like putting an article about new features in Microsoft Word front and center on a website for mechanical typewriter enthusiasts.
I disagree. Making high quality niche publications like this economically feasible is exactly how AI could be used to actually benefit society. I see no evidence that this site is a plagiarism mill. All the retro computing people I know are computer nerds, and like playing with new shiny software, including llms.
If I desire to fill my brain with slop, there are plenty of options.
AI slop at the top, closed immediately.
It's not all AI slop, I assure you.
I worked for Compute! magazine when I was in high school (an excellent job, porting games for one PC to another) and so maybe it's just a me thing, but it seems weird to name this "Compute's Gazette" when there's no connection to the original magazine, besides fandom.
I worked for Compute! magazine when I was in high school (an excellent job, porting games for one PC to another) and so maybe it's just a me thing, but it seems weird to name this "Compute's Gazette" when there's no connection to the original magazine, besides fandom.
Compute! had a fork? of a magazine specifically for Commodore Computers called 'Compute! Gazette' https://archive.org/details/compute-gazette I spent many of days in my youth typing in the pages of code they included at the end of every issue.
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Edwin Nagle here. I believe there's definitely enough material to support a monthly, especially with a focus on the general retro community rather than solely on C64/128.
I agree with that. Why GAZETTE rather than just COMPUTE! ? Big fan of the project here BTW.