Did you just say on an Elite forum that the C64 was no good for gaming? Elite+ was the only conversation/iteration that was better than the Beeb version (and I say that as an Acorn diehard)
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You could of course simply ask the Magratheans to build you Arrakis.
Nope. I was talking about a "computer" that came with a "datasette", which was about as useful for gaming* as a blank set of cards. No, I take that back - those cards are actually more useful than this eletctronic thingamabob could ever dream of being.
It's name and design suggested a similarity to a C64, but that was about all that was similar. Thinking about it, it shouldn't have been a surprise, as it cost about less than half of what an actual C64 would have cost back then.
*: The datasette storage device used standard casette tapes as storage medium. There was a version that had a floppy disk drive, but that would have busted our budget.
**: Not just gaming, though. I think it was intended to get you interested in and teach you the basics of programming, but even there, it failed miserably. At least for me.
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Oh yeah I over-read "clone" I guess, sorry. I remember those things! ISTR some of them cost more ... !
So were those datasettes not just the 1200 baud audio encoding the home micros all used anyway, dressed up in marketing?
I don't know. I didn't get that deep into this stuff back then.
But I know that these tapes played on a normal cassette player sounded like it would if a fax would call you on your normal phone line.
CMDR Penny Noon today departing Seliu Benas, 15 Oct. 3309, for parts unknown.
The recent week long CG to provide nibbles etc to celebrate the Federal elections whose result is supposed to be announced shortly gave everyone a fortnights pass.
So given the way forumites minds work and the spooky teaser for U17 tomorrow people have been heading for Sol and some of the new barnacle sites so that they can be present when it all blows up.
Me I am hiding out on my carrier somewhere where there are so many stars it should be easy to hide if it turns as catastrophic as they seen to hope.
Interesting a desert planet with fjords!
That works...
That Slartibartfast, he just can't help himself.
The ice must floe.
I am. My first visit, although I had the permit for about a year, now...
Hmm.
Perhaps I'll leave my FC where it is and just use a cheap ship to taxi over. Or perhaps Apex.
Also, U17 doesn't seem to be offering much in the way of content and such - expected - but is just a bit more 'goid fingz and some fixes.
So, about update 18 then...
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The barnacles will turn into RIGGED VOTING MACHINES
The concept of voting machines and their rigging hasn't reached the old continent yet. We still vote with pen and paper.
