If ever the modern open source community needed a Manhattan project / holy grail, it is this:
> “... [a computer] where all the components are well documented.”
I am convinced that the appeal of the Amiga, and retro-computing in general, isn’t just nostalgia - it’s making a stand against the bottomless complexity and disempowerment of modern computing.
>I am convinced that the appeal of the Amiga, and retro-computing in general, isn’t just nostalgia - it’s making a stand against the bottomless complexity and disempowerment of modern computing.
Agreed 100%. I was born well after the original home computer movement was over and the idea of doing things like graphics and audio simply by writing to registers seems nothing short of magical.
It is this for me - since it's so heavily documented and we have the schematics it's super easy to troubleshoot these machines and to build new expansions for them today.
I think the Commander X16 intends to be that computer where all the components are well documented and simple enough for a single person to fully (or almost fully) understand.
> “... [a computer] where all the components are well documented.”
I am convinced that the appeal of the Amiga, and retro-computing in general, isn’t just nostalgia - it’s making a stand against the bottomless complexity and disempowerment of modern computing.