Great! Hopefully there are more crypto - artists/programmers from those days around to share their treasures from the proto-digital age
Netbehaviour is one of the few lists accepting rich-formatted posts, any format can be communicated, whether audio, video or code itself Andreas Maria Jacobs w: http://www.nictoglobe.com w: http://burgerwaanzin.nl On Dec 3, 2011, at 15:39, 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 > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
