On the Amiga's 40th birthday I brought the old Amiga 500 out of storage to the dinner table and we had cake. Just realized I should do the same with the Atari ST, for more cake. I think my family tolerates me because of the cake.

[–] bufalo1973@europe.pub 1 points 1 day ago

Then you will enjoy the news that Commodore was bought recently and they want to build new equipments, starting with a C64.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What is that Acorn? I don't remember the BBC having an "Acorn Bus Extension", and it looks too narrow to be a Master...

(nm, I found it online: Acorn Atom. I've never seen one in real life.)

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, it was a nice little machine, the first computer I used at home. I shared it with some friends because our parents couldn't afford it unless we pooled our money. Each of us would have it for a week then take it to the next kid's house. In those days you had the option of buying it prebuilt or (cheaper) as a kit, and I still remember how excited I was when my dad and I came out of the electronics shop with a bag full of circuit boards, chips and keys that would magically become a computer when soldered together.

The Acorn story is really amazing: a tiny hobbyist company that got a break when the BBC commissioned the BBC micro from them, that went on to invent the ARM chips that are in billions of phones and other devices now.