tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408460297852826853.post5848016724166033518..comments2023-09-19T12:43:28.638+01:00Comments on Far Beyond the Edge of Reason: Alternative OS'sMattBDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15070988462909190312noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408460297852826853.post-42034328316684373162008-04-19T23:35:00.000+01:002008-04-19T23:35:00.000+01:00Yeah PD was mainly on the Acorn and the Amiga.It w...Yeah PD was mainly on the Acorn and the Amiga.<BR/><BR/>It was basically freeware before the web, you just paid the price of a disk, usually a pound each.<BR/><BR/>Back then you could fit half a dozen programs on one floppy lolBob Hazardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244693817559226798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408460297852826853.post-83911858373351791872008-04-19T20:42:00.000+01:002008-04-19T20:42:00.000+01:00Bob CFC - I remember all those really cheap games ...Bob CFC - I remember all those really cheap games on tape too (I got them from the local newsagents). I particularly remember how bad the controls were - for instance, in the CPC version of <I>Renegade</I>, you had to use the joystick to move, and the cursor keys on the keyboard to attack! Very cumbersome! Oh, and according to Wikipedia, US Gold was acquired by Eidos in 1996.<BR/>Have to say, the price of games shot up drastically in the mid 90's - went from having tapes for less than a fiver in newsagents to £20-30, depending on format.<BR/>I do vaguely recall the PD scene for the CPC (I was about 12 at the time, though, so don't expect much detail!) as I read all the CPC magazines and they always had articles about PD libraries such as Scull PD and Robot PD.MattBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070988462909190312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408460297852826853.post-10826584908672377682008-04-15T05:52:00.000+01:002008-04-15T05:52:00.000+01:00Ha I started on an Amstrad 6128 when I was 5.128k ...Ha I started on an Amstrad 6128 when I was 5.<BR/><BR/>128k lol, I run 8gb ram now.<BR/><BR/>I used to play Oh Mummy, Harrier Attack, Rainbow Islands, Silkworm, Beach Head, Myth, Rick Dangerous and Outrun (jesus what happend to US Gold)<BR/><BR/>Back then Codemasters sold games on tape for £2.99 in Woolworths, makes me chuckle when I think they went on to make Colin McRae Rally<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>Yes the Amiga was great but not for the OS, Workbench was a joke it was just great hardware.<BR/><BR/>The best OS ever was RiscOS 3 on the Acorn. I was running a full 32bit desktop in 1992-3 with a top notch drag and drop interface. Windows didn't even approach the usability until XP ten years later.<BR/><BR/>Everything was PD back then, Public Domain, we didn't really have open source, but the Acorn had the same community spirit.<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>Of course now I'm running UbuntuBob Hazardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15244693817559226798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408460297852826853.post-18021112388943633122008-03-23T19:56:00.000+00:002008-03-23T19:56:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comments Keshav. For many people, ...Thanks for your comments Keshav. For many people, Linux is just the first step away from Windows or OS X, and they go on to try many other alternative operating systems, or even to switch again to something like FreeBSD or OpenSolaris. For others, they are happy with Linux. But, equally there are many people who believe that the fact that coders are working on open-source operating systems other than Linux is an outrage, and that open-source is doomed to failure unless we all work on one project. But that's not what open source is about - it's about taking control of your computer, and using it for what you want, and not for what someone else wants you to use it for. For that reason, it's great that there are other free operating systems out there for us all to enjoy. So, whether people choose to use Linux, OpenSolaris, FreeBSD or whatever, they've taken the step away from just using what came with their computer and using what they feel is right for them, and I applaud them for that reason. We should all celebrate the thriving culture of operating systems that we have available!MattBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15070988462909190312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1408460297852826853.post-5304045337948286002008-03-23T19:45:00.000+00:002008-03-23T19:45:00.000+00:00Woah! that was quite a long post. These days i am ...Woah! that was quite a long post. <BR/>These days i am trying to devote most of my time to my newly installed Linux mint :D Before that, as you said, i never thought of changing my operating system. But thanks to you and your blog for showing me the light of the blooming Linux world :)Keshav Kherahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04136625664055590671noreply@blogger.com