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Maybe holding some real hardware gives much joy? I'm thinking about maybe emulating it using a Pi and buy some peripherals such as external floppy. Not sure if
by markus_zhang 4y ago
Maybe holding some real hardware gives much joy? I'm thinking about maybe emulating it using a Pi and buy some peripherals such as external floppy. Not sure if it's doable though.
- Koshkin 4y agoThe real real hardware - sure, but emulated on a FPGA… not so much. But that’s just me. Emulation in software (and the virtual space in general), on the other hand, is close to perfect these days. In fact, material things get boring pretty fast (and tend to end up in the attic) whereas virtual reality (like games) remain a source of perpetual joy.
- markus_zhang 4y agoAfter some thoughts I believe I agree with you on both points. A replicate but with new board and new chips for buyers to solder their own hardware would be really interesting and educational. On the other side, I already have some retro hardware collecting dust so tonight I'm going to get one out to play CD music I just bought. Only vintage laptops have CD players installed.