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I know one shouldn't do marketing on this site, but I'd love to find a link to the shop so I can buy one. I learnt BASIC programming on a C64, and it's the fir
by lokedhs 5y ago
I know one shouldn't do marketing on this site, but I'd love to find a link to the shop so I can buy one.
I learnt BASIC programming on a C64, and it's the first computer that I owned. I later learned 6502 assembler on it, and the first demo part I went to was for the C64.
I later moved on the the Atari ST where I truly became involved in the demoscene (my nickname here reflects that). But I have so much nostalgia for the machine that I ended up buying another one a few years back. And I ended up paying twice as much as the regular rate, just to get an intact European style box (styrofoam box, compared to the carboard box that was commonly used in the US) because it's the box that my original machine came in.
The point I'm making is that it's not just about the machine itself. It's about everything surrounding it, from the feel of the joystick, the way in which we had to plug the computer into the one TV we had, the horrible interference on the TV caused by the RF modulator, and indeed the box the machine was delivered in.
- antirez 5y agoThank you lokedhs, I avoided putting a link initially, but since you asked and this whole thing is in order to help this person that lost their job due to covid, I'll link it here: https://www.etsy.com/it/shop/NerdyGeekyThings https://www.etsy.com/it/shop/NerdyGeekyThings I completely can relate to your feeling: when I was 10 I had a ZX Spectrum, and it was my whole world. Back then my mother had heath issues (later resolved fortunately) and was in Milan while I remained in Sicily with my grandparents. What saved me from thinking bad things was going to the room at the 2nd floor, plugging my spectrum in the TV, feeling it's rubber keys, and even moving the cable in order to make sure the image was stable. And then doing this so magical things: coding or inserting a cassette where new incredible world, in form of games, would emerge.
- simonebrunozzi 5y agoWhat was your favorite game back then? For me it wasn't the ZX, it was Vic20 and then C64. I wrote my first program on a C64, and then many others. Back then I thought that BASIC was the only way to code. One of my favorite games was "Assedio", written by an Italian programmer, a simple but powerful strategy game. And then, of course, many others.
- antirez 5y agoIn the Spectrum maybe it was JetPack. That I started using when I was about 8 yo. I came from a TI99/4A btw. Then at about 11 I switched from ZX Spectrum to an MS-DOS computer.
- lokedhs 5y agoTheir other games were really good, like Knight Lore and Head Over Heels. Also, anyone who enjoyed those probably will love Lumon PS4. It has a lot of fan service to anyone who used a ZX Spectrum.
- lokedhs 5y agoThanks. I placed an order, but I would have added more things to the shopping basket if there had been an Atari ST available. Consider than a suggestion :-) Also, sone Sun hardware would have been nice too. I used to work for them, and those machines were also a big part of my life at the time, as I was also using Sun workstations at home.