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| Started by | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| First post | 2015-07-15 07:29 +0000 |
| Last post | 2015-07-16 06:29 +0000 |
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[CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-07-15 07:29 +0000
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! Rudolf Harras <rudolf.harras@mailinator.com> - 2015-07-15 12:45 +0200
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-07-22 19:27 +1200
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2015-07-15 22:15 +0000
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-07-15 20:31 -0400
Re: [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-07-16 06:29 +0000
| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| Date | 2015-07-15 07:29 +0000 |
| Subject | [CM] C= PET returns as Android Phablet?! |
| Message-ID | <mo524o$tve$1@solani.org> |
From the «Hmmm, not the same» department: Title: Commodore PET returns as Android phablet Author: Simon Sharwood Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 02:58:07 -0400 Link: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/15/commodore_pet_returns_as_android_phablet/ Retro-gamers rejoice: there's an Amiga emulator aboard Video The Commodore PET, a beloved micro-computer of the late 1970s, is coming back as an Android phablet.… -- Posting to comp.misc, sci.misc, and misc.news.internet.discuss
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| From | Rudolf Harras <rudolf.harras@mailinator.com> |
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| Date | 2015-07-15 12:45 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <mo5dg3$ad1$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #8116 |
Hm. Shame. Just another worthless device. It would at least be nice if Commodore did some invention. Like a phone where the OS is ready after 2 Seconds after you switch it on! BTW: How much is the brand name worth? Anyone who knows for how much it sold last time?
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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
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| Date | 2015-07-22 19:27 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <220720151927324044%YourName@YourISP.com> |
| In reply to | #8123 |
In article <mo5dg3$ad1$1@dont-email.me>, Rudolf Harras <rudolf.harras@mailinator.com> wrote: > > Hm. Shame. Just another worthless device. Yep, just yet more in a long line of hopeless rubbish and emulators being churned out hiding behind the Commodore and / or Amiga name. :-( This is just a rather dismal Android phone with emulators shoved on it You're paying a premium simply to get the Commodore logo on the back. Just design your own case for your current mobile phone and download the emulators from the Google Play store). > It would at least be nice if Commodore did some invention. Like a phone > where the OS is ready after 2 Seconds after you switch it on! Or even an actual computer device of their own, rather than just silly emulators, set-top boxes, and joysticks. How about a proper successor to the Amiga, with a real new AmigaOS, and maybe a proper Amiga mobile phone running a variant of the AmigaOS. > BTW: How much is the brand name worth? Anyone who knows for how much it > sold last time? Next to nothing now thanks to these idiots continually churning out pointless garbage using it. :-(
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| From | True Satan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> |
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| Date | 2015-07-15 22:15 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mo6m2i$823$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #8116 |
Colour me retro.. I'm so ancient that a PET was my first computer and the envy of most of my friends...it was so incredibly powerful that we couldn't imagine a need for anything better...at the time.
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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
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| Date | 2015-07-15 20:31 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1507152031240.19256@darkstar.example.org> |
| In reply to | #8132 |
On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, True Satan wrote: > Colour me retro.. I'm so ancient that a PET was my first computer and the > envy of most of my friends...it was so incredibly powerful that we > couldn't imagine a need for anything better...at the time. > And just think, a touch keyboard on a tablet isn't that much different from the original keyboard on the PET. Michael
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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
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| Date | 2015-07-16 06:29 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <mo7ivs$cj$3@solani.org> |
| In reply to | #8133 |
On 2015-07-16, Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Jul 2015, True Satan wrote: > >> Colour me retro.. I'm so ancient that a PET was my first computer and the >> envy of most of my friends...it was so incredibly powerful that we >> couldn't imagine a need for anything better...at the time. >> > And just think, a touch keyboard on a tablet isn't that much different > from the original keyboard on the PET. > > Michael > A PET was my first machine too, where I struggled at a young age to figure out the difference between a GOTO and a GOSUB. Michael is correct about the keyboard, too. There are folks out there who hollow out old hardware and put in modern internals - you can find on Etsy a guy who creates modern USB keyboards out of old C64s and VICs (before anyone gets offended by the 'sacrilege' mind you the hardware was dead otherwise). I'd love to have what looks like a PET with something modern inside. Would be quite the conversation starter. Same for a DEC terminal.
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