*like* *like* On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:39 AM, Richard Wright < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- Reality Engineer> Synthetic Environment Strategist> Game[r + ] Theorist. ::http://unhub.com/netwurker ::
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