Re[2]: lean + mean = "roll your own"

["vic plichota" <atsvap@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The 'Jupiter Ace' had a Forth on ROM

Hey don't forget the Radio Shack CoCo...  another astonishingly
robust + facile product.


>I think a lot of it had to do with 'openess':
>They were simple and easy to code for, no BIOS,
>no APIs!! APIs may be handy but it's another
>hurdle' to go through.

It is sooo often easier to roll your own, rather than struggle with
somone else's idea of "the perfect API" (which are never perfect at
all).  I am not in favour of re-inventing the wheel, but I hate
jumping through hoops...  'Open-ness', indeed!


>I liked the idea of having the display directly mapped
>on the memory, clean and simple.

That's exactly what I loved about the TMS34010.


>Look at the Transputer, no longer to be produced

Shit.  Too bad.


>...now where's that empty bottle of washing-up liquid...

You must be a Brit -- in Canada we say:  "dish-detergent".


:-)   - vic