04-03-2002, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Pocket Oric in the works
http://www.chez.com/edl/
Wow! This is a cool retro flashback! I spotted on PocketGamer that an Oric emulator for Pocket PCs is in the works! My own history of home computers include (in chronological order): Sinclair ZX-81, Oric-1, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, IBM PC-G (the first 4.77 MHz), IBM PS/2 50, IBM PS/2 70, Gateway, and then on to various Compaq's, and Dell's. I skipped the Vic 20 and Commodore 64. Too much gaming, too little programming... just kidding! No need to go platform war! Let them rest in peace! I recently bought some units of these precious gems on eBay (ZX-81, Spectrum, Oric-1 and Oric Atmos), so I am thrilled to see this emulator!
If you too would like to get a fresh retro feeling on a fine Wednesday like today, I recommend a visit to the museum Old-Computers.com! I browsed around a while and put together this image of my babies!
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04-03-2002, 04:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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 Thanks for the link. Those were the days y'know. I took the C16 - C64 - Amiga - PC route.
:wink: I bet you can't imagine me being the type who would have argued over whether the Amiga was better than the ST!
Do you think that the Sharp PC1260 could be classed as the first PDA?
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04-03-2002, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Commodore Amiga
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Originally Posted by Chubbergott
:wink: I bet you can't imagine me being the type who would have argued over whether the Amiga was better than the ST!
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Well, there's simply no argument to be made... Amiga was better than the Atari ST.
(OK, topic closed - don't want to start a battle of old here)
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04-03-2002, 11:25 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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No way...
...my Mega ST kicked your Amiga butt :twisted:
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04-04-2002, 08:30 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Yeah right 
My A4000/040 with (and even without) my PowerPC card kicks SERIOUS butt of you MegaST (that cannot even display color hires desktop if I remember well? )
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04-04-2002, 09:09 AM
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Easy...!
You are both wrong. By the time Amiga and Atari fought those battles, both of them had already missed the train. PCs were winning big time, and all Amiga/Atari had were toys. The real home computer battle was a couple of years before your time: between Sinclair vs Commodore. Audience included Oric, Dragon, Sord etc.
... and I say this just to calm things down! :wink:
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04-04-2002, 10:08 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Who said it was before my time?
COMMODORE 64 RULEZ!!!
I am almost 20 years in computing...
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04-04-2002, 01:21 PM
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Confession: I always envied the C64 crowd for the superb sound and graphics, the keyboard, joysticks and disc drives. 8)
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04-04-2002, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy Sjostrom
Easy...!
You are both wrong. By the time Amiga and Atari fought those battles, both of them had already missed the train. PCs were winning big time, and all Amiga/Atari had were toys. The real home computer battle was a couple of years before your time: between Sinclair vs Commodore. Audience included Oric, Dragon, Sord etc.
... and I say this just to calm things down! :wink: |
:wink: Hehe! With Windows 3.x's multitasking, the Amiga was doing what Windows has only recently learned to do. And in case you didn't realise, Commodore made the Amiga.
Anybody remember the first versions of Sensible Soccer?
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04-04-2002, 05:01 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Apr 2002
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Windows 3.x multitasking? Funny... I would call it simplistic task switching...
Up to VERY recently (and within 21st century), even with a Pentium 4 I needed all system resources to format a floppy
Amiga to my is STILL the best computer EVER...
Before Sensible was Kick Off...
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