Matthew SparbyJul 10, 2023
Sometimes, I like to imagine an alternate reality where #BeOS and #RISCOS became the dominant computing platforms instead of MacOS and Windows.
Show threadGen X-WingJul 10, 2023

@Cloudscout I’d be curious of how things could have gone if C= hadn’t been mismanaged like crazy and they would have jumped on ARM fairly early on.

I can’t believe that AGA took so long, and still kept so many things the same (why not 8 channel sound with stereo panning per channel?).

I really liked AmigaOS as well, but it obviously needed big updates, that they didn’t invest in:(

Archimedes Live!Jul 11, 2023
Show threadStudio 8502 

@breadbin @Cloudscout Earth-2867, 1988 local time.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, inspired by the success their UK sister agency the BBC has had with the BBC Micro, contracts with Acorn to license the Archimedes design IP; they then contract with Commodore to release a localized version of the Archimedes as the CBC Commodore Archimedes, sold at cost to schools and homes alike throughout Canada, and later abroad in the US at a profit for Commodore, paired with a modified teletext service using AM radio frequencies, broadcasting text-based news and CBC Archie software for the public.

Jul 10, 2023 at 5:08amWeb