Although marketed as a Game Boy title, Emacs was widely regarded as a general-purpose computing environment with optional gaming functionality.
@NanoRaptor A great operating system, only lacking a decent video game.
@me @NanoRaptor Are you kidding? Emacs for Game Boy had the most popular pack-in of all time: M-x tetris
@NanoRaptor Once you figure out how to type M-x evil-mode RET, you even get a decent editor!
@NanoRaptor It's a shame they never made an editor for it.
@NanoRaptor If the WorkBoy wasn't already a real thing, it would be a splendid accessory here.

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Wish they made an “Edlin” version.

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Hey, with that, I did my tax return in 1995!

@NanoRaptor Thanks for making me read some Z80 assembly on a Sunday morning.
Much appreciated.
@NanoRaptor Feels like there is a LISPBoy joke in there somewhere.

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I never did own the Norton Editor (Colour) version 😟

@NanoRaptor oh, nice! I'd pay for that cartridge!
@NanoRaptor A fantastic operating system lacking a decent text editor. (Said with love as an Emacs user for about the last 12 years.)
@NanoRaptor I have one of these, but we never got the emacs cart in spain because the translators weren't sure what to call it
@NanoRaptor so many memories, but as a kid I never made it past the third boss. I only saw the end decades later in a speedrun.
@NanoRaptor A and B should be Point and Mark.
@NanoRaptor you have no idea how much i need this
@NanoRaptor The assembly is a sweet touch
@NanoRaptor was hoping to see a third "meta" button in there.

@mogul @NanoRaptor There's a Meta key, but I understand you won't be able to bring your legs in ⛄️

#emacs #HorizonWorlds #biid #Metaverse

@NanoRaptor would go crazy on the Workboy
@NanoRaptor Gameboy keyboard next?

@NanoRaptor "Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping" certainly would fit the Game Boy architecture.

- Eight Megs: Same size as Densha de Go 2, the biggest licensed Game Boy game.
- Constantly Swapping: MBC5 bank switching. The Game Boy looks at ROM through a 16 KiB window at address range $4000-$7FFF.

#emacs #BankSwitching #GameBoy

@NanoRaptor best gameboy game and text editor tbh
@NanoRaptor I like it when you sprinkle your photoshopped tech jokes with some serious tech history just to confuse people.

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Not pictured: optional 104-key keyboard addon.

Also not pictured: RSI

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FWIW, the Game Boy cartridge for ed(1) also supported using the Game Boy printer…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Printer