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The 8-bit Guy - My Dream Computer is Finally on Sale! (Commander X16 update) (youtu.be)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Piped alternative: https://piped.video/watch?v=mPuP1L7vnr0
Direct link to the product page: https://texelec.com/product/cx16-preorder/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Exactly. Something in the spirit of an Amiga 500 (I never had one, so this is not nostalgia speaking) is much more suitable to beginning programmers. Something with a flat address space, an easily memorisable instruction set and rich collection of hardware (blitter, DMA controller, sound generator) to play with. And something that has modern interfaces (HDMI & USB) so the not-so-well-equipped hacker-in-training can also jump in right away.

The Commander X16 isn’t it.