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 Subject: RE: What if
Author: Fredrik (inktomi1-oxf.server.ntl.com)
Date:   03-23-2002 13:23

I think a lot of atariusers are against emulation simply because then it isnt atari anymore. Sure, the coldfire has to emulate a few instructions but I'm pretty sure this is not gonna cause any major problems when running old atari software.

So why do we all bother with using a system that is outdated since long and has lost pretty much all its commercial hardware/software support? Why do we still use 8MHz STs both for games and serious applications? Why do we spend whole nights optimizing code on falcon to be able to transform one extra vertex? Why not use a PC with OpenGL and we are sorted!
Beause we can! Because atari has got something a pc lacks, spirit! I love my falcon(s), I love the way they were designed with all the flaws and bugs. I love the way you lose 2mb from the 16mb simm you just installed. Even though I usually bitch about this on irc. This is (IMO) what makes a nice computer.

I dont think the CPU is that important in such a machine, it will still fly compared to our falcons!


Fredrik.




 Topics Author  Date
  XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Shane 03-16-2002 15:26 
   RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new jeff 03-16-2002 16:20 
    RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Clint Thompson 03-19-2002 02:11 
    RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Chris Crosskey 03-21-2002 11:54 
   RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Elliot 03-19-2002 23:00 
    RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Shane 03-20-2002 02:04 
     RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new jeff 03-20-2002 06:14 
      RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Ari 03-20-2002 16:48 
       RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Fenix 03-20-2002 19:19 
        RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Matthias Jaap 03-22-2002 19:25 
    RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Baldrick 03-20-2002 03:42 
     RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Dan 03-20-2002 18:09 
      RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Thomas Wellicome 03-20-2002 20:44 
       RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Shane 03-20-2002 21:57 
        RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new jeff 03-21-2002 02:25 
         RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Flash 03-21-2002 17:00 
          RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new KGB 03-21-2002 17:36 
          Missing instructions new Fadest 03-21-2002 17:50 
          movep - who needs this? new Norman Feske 03-21-2002 18:29 
           How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Flash 03-22-2002 00:26 
            RE: How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Norman Feske 03-22-2002 03:02 
             RE: How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Fredrik 03-22-2002 10:51 
              RE: How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Flash 03-23-2002 00:48 
               RE: How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Fredrik 03-23-2002 12:49 
                RE: How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Flash 03-23-2002 19:04 
                 RE: How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Fredrik 03-23-2002 21:02 
                  RE: How about TOS, MagiC, Mint...? new Flash 03-24-2002 17:36 
       RE: XTOS - Latest Atari Joke new Elliot 03-21-2002 00:38 
        XTOS- Still A Joke new Shane 03-22-2002 00:16 
         RE: XTOS- Still A Joke new PeP 03-22-2002 08:36 
          RE: XTOS- Still A Joke new Daniel Gustafsson 03-22-2002 09:13 
           RE: XTOS- Still A Joke new PeP 03-22-2002 09:43 
            RE: XTOS- Still A Joke new Daniel Gustafsson 03-22-2002 14:49 
             RE: XTOS- Still A Joke new jeff 03-22-2002 15:02 
           RE: XTOS- Still A Joke new pink-rg 03-22-2002 10:44 
        XTOS- Still A Joke new Shane 03-22-2002 00:16 
         RE: XTOS- Still A Joke new jeff 03-22-2002 15:04 
         Shane is a joke new Joshua Kaijankoski 03-22-2002 15:56 
          RE: Shane is a joke new GokMasE 03-22-2002 16:52 
           RE: Shane is a joke new Joshua Kaijankoski 03-22-2002 19:23 
            Thank You For Reading new Shane 03-22-2002 22:05 
             RE: Thank You For Reading new Joshua Kaijankoski 03-22-2002 22:46 
              What if new Shane 03-23-2002 00:33 
               RE: What if new GokMasE 03-23-2002 02:37 
               RE: What if  Fredrik 03-23-2002 13:23 
                RE: What if new Shane 03-23-2002 14:46 
               RE: What if new jeff 03-24-2002 19:46 

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