I programmed this, my first computer animation on an Atari in 1985, then ran out of memory and ported it to a BBC micro, then ran out of memory and ported it to a Commodore64, then took too long to render so ported it to a big fat IBM mainframe.
http://futurenatural.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pics/CELLS1.jpg http://futurenatural.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pics/CELLS2.jpg >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2 Dec 2011, at 11:38, IR3ABF wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> hi Marc and list >>>>> >>>>> UK had its BBC Micro, while at the same time in continental >>>>> Europe, Commodore introduced the famous VIC20, the >>>>> *Volkscomputer* with about the same specs apart from its slower >>>>> microprocessor, both equiped with the famous 6502 >>>>> >>>>> the acronym i.e. ARM is somewhat misleading as it suggest an A >>>>> (dvanced) R(educed instruction set) M(icroprocessor) which was >>>>> certaintly not the case with the 6502, which had a huge set of >>>>> ASM 6502 machine instructions as was the first commercially >>>>> succesfull Apple IIe >>>>> >>>>> I wonder how first generation programmers (like I did with the >>>>> VIC 20) used the Acorn in The UK to create, well pieces of the >>>>> practice formerly called art? I remember there was and there >>>>> still is a lively demoscene using asm 6502 or derivates as >>>>> language of choice >>>>> >>>>> Would be nice to somehow showcase these early examples at -for >>>>> instance- Furtherfield? >>>>> >>>>> And to juxtapoint contentinental versus UK approaches and >>>>> trying to point to a certain distinction between the two, as >>>>> for instance: subject matter, technical point of view, art >>>>> historical context, the role of BBC compared to educational >>>>> programs from ZDF, NOS nl (which happened to broadcast 6502 >>>>> code hidden in television transmission signal in the 1980ties), >>>>> the role of influential technical publishers like Data Becker, >>>>> Germany and finally the impact of the commercial take-over >>>>> around 1989 by AOL et al US which gave rise to the mainstream >>>>> popularity of Home Computers (PC's) >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering >>>>> >>>>> Best >>>>> >>>>> Andreas >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my eXtended BodY >>>>> >>>>> On 2 dec. 2011, at 11:55, marc garrett >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The BBC Microcomputer and me, 30 years down the line. >>>>>> >>>>>> "The BBC has an article on the BBC Microcomputer, designed and >>>>>> manufactured by Acorn Computers for the BBC's Computer >>>>>> Literacy project. >>>>>> It is now 30 years since the first BBC Micro came out — a >>>>>> machine with a >>>>>> 2 MHz 6502 — remarkably fast for its day; the Commodore >>>>>> machines at the >>>>>> time only ran at 1MHz. While most U.S. readers will never have >>>>>> heard of >>>>>> the BBC Micro, the BBC's Computer Literacy project has had a >>>>>> huge impact >>>>>> worldwide since the ARM (originally meaning 'Acorn Risc >>>>>> Machine') was >>>>>> designed for the follow-on version of the BBC Micro, the >>>>>> Archimedes, >>>>>> also sold under the BBC Microcomputer label by Acorn. The >>>>>> original ARM >>>>>> CPU was specified in just over 800 lines of BBC BASIC. The ARM >>>>>> CPU now >>>>>> outsells all other CPU architectures put together. The BBC >>>>>> Micro has >>>>>> arguably been the most influential 8 bit computer the world >>>>>> had thanks >>>>>> to its success creating the seed for the ARM, even if the >>>>>> 'Beeb' was not >>>>>> well known outside of the UK." >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15969065 >>>>>> _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
