On 19 Jun 2005, at 20:54, David Given wrote:
I used to use a QL.
Nah, you *tried* to use a QL.
I know about microdrives; let's not go there. Even in jest.
CompactFlash, though... that's just lovely.
I've allocated more space for a single icon's bitmap than most old 8-bitters had RAM, let along video RAM.
Hey, I spent most of May writing a faster memcpy() for OMAP processors. (Specifically, OMAP16xx, since that has an ARM926EJ in it.)
Sigh. I think all programmers these days should be required to start out on a 1kB ZX81
...or a new Amstrad hobbyist machine, maybe?
My first computer was a CPC6128. Lovely, it was.
(I gather we have a friend in common...)
Indeed so. Have you not fled that sinking ship yet? Even the rats are going hungry, I hear.
-J.