Re: Epson QX-10 Emulator

besides the Poppy Chuck, what vintage beauties do you
have "hanging" around the house?

--- Chuck Guzis <cclistsydex.com> wrote:

> On 29 Sep 2007 at 23:03, Tony Duell wrote:
> 
> > Well, if I wanted a fast PC, I'd buy a fast PC.
> But if I want to 
> > experience a QX10, I'll use a QX10, and have all
> the fun of tracing video 
> > problems caused by extra components [ask if you
> want to know _that_ 
> > story], and aligning those wonderful voice-coil
> floppy drives...
> 
> I'm more interested in the software.  Much of it was
> implemented in 
> Forth and there were some very interesting aspects
> of the 
> implementation.
> 
> For my purposes, an accurate emulator is just as
> good (or even 
> better) than the original.  I don't need to worry
> about flakey 
> components, or out-of-adjustment drives.  I can run
> multiple sessions 
> for comparison and even hack the emulator code to
> trap what I'm 
> interested in.
> 
> As far as "recreating the experience", I
honestly
> don't think it's 
> possible without the use of hynotism and some
> psychoactive drugs.  
> I'm not who I was in 1982 (thankfully!) and any
> "gee-whiz" that the 
> real thing had in 1982 is not going to make the same
> impression on me 
> today.  (256KB?  Golly, my wife's digital camera
> packs more than 4 
> orders of magnitude more on a MicroSD card--and it's
> nonvolatile).
> 
> I don't really care if it's implemented with chicken
> bananas and used 
> chewing gum--as long as it works and runs the
> software I'm interested 
> in.
> 
> So, hang me for a heretic. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> 
> 



       
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On 29 Sep 2007 at 18:14, Chris M wrote:

> besides the Poppy Chuck, what vintage beauties do you
> have "hanging" around the house?

Some S-100 stuff, including a MITS 8800 and a couple of
other boxes, 
A TRS-80 model 16 and, sadly, no Poppies, just two
"loaded" F-85s, 
including one with the external 14" disk drive.  A few
other mass-
produced odds and ends that I'm aware of, but nothing that
I've 
touched in the last 10-15 years.  Various peripherals.

And the S-100 stuff probably hasn't been touched in over 25
years, 
except to move it.

Collecting just isn't my thing.  Interest in old technology
is.

Cheers,
Chuck