[Coco] [OT] Commodore 64 slow floppy

[Simon Jonassen]

Hey Rob !

The concept of the programmable charset is really simple....

We used them all the time on the c64 aswell to pull off some funky tricks...

/Simon :-)
 

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Fra: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] På
vegne af Rob Rosenbrock
Sendt: 22. januar 2014 18:52
Til: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Emne: Re: [Coco] [OT] Commodore 64 slow floppy

> On Wednesday 22 January 2014 12:20:42 Glen VanDenBiggelaar did opine:
>
> Another side of that story was that Jack fancied himself to be an os 
> writer.  I have an ST1040E that would put the lie to that statement.
>
> Cheers, Gene

Oh, the ST!

I remember buying the ST and having to wait a year (!) to get my copy of
BASIC. I was looking forward to writing BASIC programs that would allow me
to use windows in my programs. Turns out that the number of windows were
limited, and that the interpreter made use of all of them. It wasn't long
after that that I sold the computer to someone else. (And stayed with the
CoCo...)

Yes, I know that C was available. I even had a copy of it. The machine
looked promising, but never kept any of those promises.

Still a bit sore about the VIC-20. I liked the computer, but I never really
understood the methods of drawing graphics on the screen. Sure, it's a
simple concept of reprogramming the character set; but how to determine
which bit to set/reset in which character? Most people I knew gave up
learning to write programs and bought them instead. The CoCo was far easier
to learn. LINE? CIRCLE?


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