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There were others too. At least the Olivetti Prodest PC1 [1], which I had, and the Sinclair PC200 [2], which a close friend had. Other friends had the EuroPC, s

by gapan 1y ago

There were others too. At least the Olivetti Prodest PC1 [1], which I had, and the Sinclair PC200 [2], which a close friend had. Other friends had the EuroPC, some had the Amstrad 1512 and other different PC compatible boxes. I remember my PC1 fondly. Well, I still have it. I learned to code in GW-BASIC, Turbo Pascal and C (in that order) with it. I was using it for a long time, until 1997, for serious work (coding and university assignments), when I finally had the money to upgrade to a Pentium PC. As much as my world was PC-centric, the first time I saw an Atari ST and what it could do, my jaw dropped. I knew of the Amiga from magazines, but the first time I actually saw one was several years later, after I acquired my Pentium PC and I admit it wasn't that impressive then. But still I couldn't help but think: "wow, you had that in 1989?". There was no comparison with the PCs of its time. [1] https://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/prodestpc1.html https://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/prodestpc1.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_PC200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_PC200

spankibalt 1y ago
Thank you; interesting machines. A modern, compact industrial-grade metal keyboard case PC with an external PSU, and some quality of life goodies, built around a Pentium MMX or Pentium II CPU, is really something I would fork over money for. Essentially something along the lines of C64EVOs planned MODLR case. [1] > But still I couldn't help but think: "wow, you had that in 1989?". There was no comparison with the PCs of its time. This speaks more of local market realities, e. g. "demo software" on hardware in an actual computer shop or, as in your example, at a friend's home, especially in the form of 2D arcade action games, then at its peak of popularity on 8- and 16-bit home computers... and yet to shine on PCs (and as opposed to glossies and the like, where the first 486 machines stepped onto the stage turn of the year 89/90). But at that time I wasn't thinking about computers that much, still digesting the beginning of the end of the GDR. 1. [https://xcancel.com/C64EVO/status/1893158033917669785 https://xcancel.com/C64EVO/status/1893158033917669785]

by gapan 1y ago

spankibalt 1y ago

Thank you; interesting machines. A modern, compact industrial-grade metal keyboard case PC with an external PSU, and some quality of life goodies, built around a Pentium MMX or Pentium II CPU, is really something I would fork over money for. Essentially something along the lines of C64EVOs planned MODLR case. [1] > But still I couldn't help but think: "wow, you had that in 1989?". There was no comparison with the PCs of its time. This speaks more of local market realities, e. g. "demo software" on hardware in an actual computer shop or, as in your example, at a friend's home, especially in the form of 2D arcade action games, then at its peak of popularity on 8- and 16-bit home computers... and yet to shine on PCs (and as opposed to glossies and the like, where the first 486 machines stepped onto the stage turn of the year 89/90). But at that time I wasn't thinking about computers that much, still digesting the beginning of the end of the GDR. 1. [https://xcancel.com/C64EVO/status/1893158033917669785 https://xcancel.com/C64EVO/status/1893158033917669785]