But they already paid for the entry. It doesn't matter how long they stay after that. All that matters is they enjoy the time they did spend enough to come back and pay to enter another day in the near future.
I looked into these a bit a while ago, and I think I like the Neo6502 more from an architectual standpoint. At the end of the day though, they both are just very complex, modern microcontrollers playing chipset for an old CPU they could run around in circles of plus playing the chipset when it comes down to it. In many of these old home computers, the chipset was the special sauce that made the magic happen. The CPU usually was nothing special and not even expensive or high-end, even for the time. The CPU as the powerhouse that does absolutely everything was more of a 90s thing. It's interesting that the retro-scene is so laserfocused on the CPU. I always was hoping a little that this and "homebrewing" eventually naturally evolves to FPGAs extending systems in logical ways. The only thing I ever saw that did this (without being super-invasive and replacing the system basically altogether) was the Beamracer (who got killed by the chip shortage, it seems) and it doesn't look like it was popular at all.
Still a complex computer wrapped in secrets though and I would argue that even modern microcontrollers like the Pico are more complex than many of the old systems. I agree though that it is probably not very useful for somebody who doesn't specialize in IT later. It's already a win if kids learn what a folder is.
We've had a couple open up in my general area and they've all done so well they've expanded. Most of them are ran by old retired guys who can fix the machines themselves or have 30 other machines so one being down for a while isn't a big deal. It's a pretty decent margin business plan as long as you build it in the right place.
Especially considering that something like a Colour Maximite 2 would be a much more involved BASIC interpreter/computer. Cheaper, and you could have students make it a full project where they solder the thing themselves.
Just yesterday I attempted one of his recent videos and I didn't make it past 30 seconds of his hyper, weird-voiced ass.
He was much more tolerable when you couldn't see what he looked like
Listen, everyone in retro computing is hyper autistic in some manner. Some are better than others at hiding it, but sometimes biology just ain't on our side, like Action Retro.
Damn, that sucks. Frogfind is a good service. I also like action retro, hot rodding Macs is fun and I like to see other people do it.
I mean, the G15 was already obsolete when it was new in 1956. The transistor was invented in 1947 and the first computer with transistor logic was TRADIC which came out in 1954. Sure transistors were still expensive, but they weren't that much more expensive than tubes (especially once you factored in the cost of powering tubes and replacing them).
And to think, Usagi only has the first roll of tape for the diagnostic program. He mentions that the second one does more complicated and thorough calculations
The thing is yea it was obselete but a lot of obselete tech has been sold to consumers/prosumers over the years. Need I remind you of texas instruments?
Yeah....straight up if you see any of these prices online, ridicule the sellers. This should never be accepted.
This was a pretty good watch. It also serves as a good analogy on the state of Sony; they couldn't even be arsed getting an easy PR win by accepting a interview on legacy technology. What a fall from grace.
