2026-09-20 15:42 UTC
Keep in mind the Speccy is probably something like 10 times slower than the 68K Macintosh or Atari ST. With many times less RAM. And no co-processors for, well, anything.
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@me_@sueden.social 2026-09-20 16:36
@Setok@attractive.space GEOS for the C64 and Apple II was a GUI for 1 MHz 6502 machines back in the day – without slop coding... Apple's IIgs had an even more advanced GUI using a 65816 CPU running at 2.8 MHz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(8-bit_operating_system)
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@saruwine@mementomori.social 2026-09-20 16:41
@Setok@attractive.space Never mind the processor—the C64 had GEOS, and if anything, it’s slower—but how does that fit in 48 K?!
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@dkf@cyberplace.social 2026-09-20 20:27
@Setok@attractive.space I think there were some external co-processors, but they were really expensive and rare. I never had one. The only external hardware I had was a joystick&mouse adapter, and a robot controller (fun fun fun!). And stuff I made myself.