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> Even a C64 or a ZX Spectrum would be a better choice than an RPi for teaching This is the strangest opinion I've seen all day. My teen programming years wer
by GFK_of_xmaspast 10y ago
> Even a C64 or a ZX Spectrum would be a better choice than an RPi for teaching
This is the strangest opinion I've seen all day. My teen programming years were on a c64 in the late 80s, and in retrospect that was a really tough learning experience (and when I got to college and had access to 'anything else' I never looked back).
Also how was the c64 not a 'closed proprietary system'?
- userbinator 10y agoAlso how was the c64 not a 'closed proprietary system'? It's been completely reverse-engineered, emulated, and documented, a lot more than can be said of the SoC in the RPi. Maybe in 30 years the same will happen to the latter, but I'm not too optimistic about that.
- nickpsecurity 10y agoThat means it was a closed, proprietary system that was reverse engineered & emulated. Different from an open system that doesn't require that. Also more efficient in hardware if any clones port original design.
- pareidolia 10y agoYou are incorrect. The documentation supplied with the C64 detailed schematics and ROM routines: C64: http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Commodore/C64%20Programmer's%20Reference%20Guide.pdf http://www.classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Commodore/C64%20Programme... C128: http://www.pagetable.com/docs/Commodore%20128%20Programmer's%20Reference%20Guide.pdf http://www.pagetable.com/docs/Commodore%20128%20Programmer's...
- nickpsecurity 10y agoDid they give you copyright and patent licenses allowing you to do whatever you wanted with their tech? Or did a cloner have to hope the company would take no legal action? Because that's still not equal to an open-source design where the licensing eliminates such risks.