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- From: Jason <tmr@cosine.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: Pontus Berg is a tool
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 96 00:37:37 GMT
- Organization: Cosine Systems
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- Chip Pieroni (ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net) wrote:
-
- : I love the C64, but the IBM PC is FAR from Poofy.
-
- Mine is, it fancies my 128D! Seriously though, I think the term suits the
- PC well in that its dead dull programming a machine that does all the work
- for you. Its more fun hammering away at C64 code trying to make it do
- something it really shouldn't do rather than just throwing more and more
- processor power at the problem, some of which is to counter the fact that
- the majority of coders are using high level compiled languages.
-
- Or working for hours trying to force more colours onto the screen instead of
- sticking a bigger and more expensive video card in. The "lets give it more
- hardware" approach is okay for some but it does seem a bit wimpy to me.
-
- Jason (programmer, artist, masochist and proud of it! =-)
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