[Robotgroup] OT: On CNN- "Commodore 64 still loved after all theseyears"

[Andre Lamothe]

Yup, the C64 was very cool, just don't walk across the carpet and touch the 
sound port, the SID chips blow out if you breath on them. Nonetheless, the 
late 70's and 80's were the best time in computers hands down. I personally 
think internet wrecked computers, it made them so impersonal and people 
don't take time with information anymore, they just consume it way too fast. 
We had time to appreciate a new game or app in the 80's. Anyway, that's why 
I build these retro gaming systems like the XGamestation and HYDRA to give 
people a little taste of what we used to do in the 80's.

For those interested in retro computing (and may be younger than some of us 
that started in the 70's) there are a couple books I HIGHLY recommend that 
you won't be able to put down:

1. HACKERS - by Steve Levy.
2. On the Edge, the spectacular rise and fall of commodore
3. "MASTERS of DOOM" - More modern, but still about the 2 guys that started 
programming games in the late 70's on their Apple's.

I read all of them cover to cover in a single night (not the same night of 
course), they were that fascinating.

Andre'

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From: "Vern Graner" <vern at txis.com>
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Subject: [Robotgroup] OT: On CNN- "Commodore 64 still loved after all 
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