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FreeDOS is exactly what I was describing. Makes sense to use that old software, but not to actually develop for these days. Because you'd be imposing weird anac
by muyuu 4y ago
FreeDOS is exactly what I was describing. Makes sense to use that old software, but not to actually develop for these days. Because you'd be imposing weird anachronistic restrictions on yourself for no good reason.
- dmitrygr 4y ago> Because you'd be imposing weird anachronistic restrictions on yourself for no good reason. Learning to count every byte has value today too, and this is practice in that skill
- troad 4y ago> imposing weird anachronistic restrictions on yourself for no good reason It's worth noting that this also describes virtually all poetry, the rules of all sports, etc. :)
- selfhoster11 4y agoThe C64 demo scene is still alive and well today. Restrictions sometimes are the point.
- muyuu 4y agoyea for recreational computing nobody is trying to bring back C64 compatibility as a practical platform though, they are working on emulators and in the legacy machines themselves I love the C64 demo scene myself, it was my main introduction to computing back in the day