[sdiy] just when you think DIY spirit is fading out

[cheater cheater]

I've been thinking for some time about the question of what Commodore
could have released when the C128 came out but if it didn't suck, and
if they used all the possible crazy tricks we've learned since then,
just for a multimedia machine. For example, a VHS interface would have
been pretty cool: a sort of "datassette" but based on VHS. Could carry
data, audio, and video. VHS AV could be comped onto the graphics
output in order to make interesting graphics. No need for a genlock -
if the vhs datassette uses the same clock as the computer. Make the
architecture less crappy (there's a lot of stuff in a C64 and C128
that makes them unintentionally slow); the Motorola 68k was already
available for a while and it wasn't very expensive; a good video chip.
This sounds like an Amiga, sort of, but I think the C64 philosophy
would have been very interesting to see executed in this form.

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 8:34 PM Phillip L Harbison <alvitar at xavax.com> wrote:
>
> Roman Sowa wrote:
> > It's like 2nd level of geekyness. They are the ones called "weirdo" at
> > geeks convention. Love it.
>
> I believe I've discovered a third level. I designing a minicomputer with
> circa 1980 parts to prove it can outperform a VAX-11/780.
>
> http://www.xavax.com/madhat/
>
> --
> Phil Harbison
>
>
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