▲ 1338 ▼ Vintage (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 320 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago* (2 children) My age in fond memories: I don't have long for this world... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zwerg@feddit.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Me too... my first code was for Commodore PET. Then I got an Amiga. Sad day when Commodore folded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) On the Amiga's 40th birthday I brought the old Amiga 500 out of storage to the dinner table and we had cake. Just realized I should do the same with the Atari ST, for more cake. I think my family tolerates me because of the cake. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Then you will enjoy the news that Commodore was bought recently and they want to build new equipments, starting with a C64. permalink fedilink source parent [–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) What is that Acorn? I don't remember the BBC having an "Acorn Bus Extension", and it looks too narrow to be a Master... (nm, I found it online: Acorn Atom. I've never seen one in real life.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Yes, it was a nice little machine, the first computer I used at home. I shared it with some friends because our parents couldn't afford it unless we pooled our money. Each of us would have it for a week then take it to the next kid's house. In those days you had the option of buying it prebuilt or (cheaper) as a kit, and I still remember how excited I was when my dad and I came out of the electronics shop with a bag full of circuit boards, chips and keys that would magically become a computer when soldered together. The Acorn story is really amazing: a tiny hobbyist company that got a break when the BBC commissioned the BBC micro from them, that went on to invent the ARM chips that are in billions of phones and other devices now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zwerg@feddit.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children) Me too... my first code was for Commodore PET. Then I got an Amiga. Sad day when Commodore folded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) On the Amiga's 40th birthday I brought the old Amiga 500 out of storage to the dinner table and we had cake. Just realized I should do the same with the Atari ST, for more cake. I think my family tolerates me because of the cake. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Then you will enjoy the news that Commodore was bought recently and they want to build new equipments, starting with a C64. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) On the Amiga's 40th birthday I brought the old Amiga 500 out of storage to the dinner table and we had cake. Just realized I should do the same with the Atari ST, for more cake. I think my family tolerates me because of the cake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 point 1 year ago Then you will enjoy the news that Commodore was bought recently and they want to build new equipments, starting with a C64. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) What is that Acorn? I don't remember the BBC having an "Acorn Bus Extension", and it looks too narrow to be a Master... (nm, I found it online: Acorn Atom. I've never seen one in real life.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Yes, it was a nice little machine, the first computer I used at home. I shared it with some friends because our parents couldn't afford it unless we pooled our money. Each of us would have it for a week then take it to the next kid's house. In those days you had the option of buying it prebuilt or (cheaper) as a kit, and I still remember how excited I was when my dad and I came out of the electronics shop with a bag full of circuit boards, chips and keys that would magically become a computer when soldered together. The Acorn story is really amazing: a tiny hobbyist company that got a break when the BBC commissioned the BBC micro from them, that went on to invent the ARM chips that are in billions of phones and other devices now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago Yes, it was a nice little machine, the first computer I used at home. I shared it with some friends because our parents couldn't afford it unless we pooled our money. Each of us would have it for a week then take it to the next kid's house. In those days you had the option of buying it prebuilt or (cheaper) as a kit, and I still remember how excited I was when my dad and I came out of the electronics shop with a bag full of circuit boards, chips and keys that would magically become a computer when soldered together. The Acorn story is really amazing: a tiny hobbyist company that got a break when the BBC commissioned the BBC micro from them, that went on to invent the ARM chips that are in billions of phones and other devices now. permalink fedilink source parent