so none of the spectrum software was compatible with the z80 tube processor fro the beeb? the arc 64 mhz arm processor fro the beeb tube devlopment kit was simply the processor - not the same as an archimedes - without the grpahic capability?
the co processors on the beeb were running at the same time as the 6502 1mhz in the beeb - whereas the commodore 128 8502 and z80 had to run one at a time - otherwise it would have been more powerful than the amiga what with agnes taking her time to get on and off the bus with all that shopping? 2009/10/15 Geoff Winkless <[email protected]>: > > I finally watched the show last night; I'm fairly disappointed because it > was neither one thing nor the other - it wasn't really very funny (Hauser > seemed to get the best lines, while the Sinclair-based humour mainly > seemed > to be based around laughing at his borderline-autistic outlook on life) > but > it wasn't particularly accurate either. > > They put in a few well-known anecdotal bits but played around with the > timeline horribly - the QL and the C5 were out at around the same time, > IIRC, their collective failure ultimately working together to bring > Sinclair Research to its knees. > > They also seemed to conveniently forget that the Newbury Newbrain was > actually developed by what was Sinclair Radionics, which suggests > Sinclair's involvement in computer development had started well before > 1980; they also missed out large chunks of the Sinclair development story > in favour of some padding (including a fairly bizarre scene at the Mensa > conference), so we're left with this idea that Acorn were working hard at > development while Sinclair just plugged stuff together that already worked > (we know that's not the case). > > They also messed horribly with the Acorn story - the Electron was out well > before the timeline would suggest it but they couldn't produce enough for > demand, then production finally got sorted and the demand had gone; > finally > although the majority of the shares were bought by Olivetti they still > continued as a separate entity (unlike Sinclair Research who were to all > intents and purposes absorbed into Amstrad) - indeed the Master was more > of > a success than the Model B, IIRC, I guess that didn't quite fit the > overnight-success:failure story they wanted to portray. > > For me though the biggest shame was that they mentioned the major success > story as an afterthought, as if it had happened later; AIUI the ARM chip > was in development well beyond the whiteboard stage by the time 1984 > clicked around. > > The hollywood-romantic in me would like to believe that Curry and Sinclair > finally made it up though. Anyone know if that's true? > > G >
