Actually I do remember that there were several early GUI applications for various home computers. There was definitely one available for the Atari 800XL because I remember wanting to get hold of a copy.
The original Macintosh inspired a lot of copycat work.
The C64 was the first computer I ever owned. I wouldn’t get into Programming until my twenties so when I was a kid pretty much the only thing I used it for was gaming. And there were some classics.
I don’t know if you ever recall playing any of Jeff Minter’s Llamasoft C64 games back in the day. He’s still writing games. In fact I get a kick out of following him on Twitter and I’m subscribed to his blog. He’s just starting out writing games for the iPhone.
Blimey, I could talk about C64 games for hours mate.
Of course I remember Mr. Minter and Llamasoft. I’m a Gen-X computer geek Kevin, Jeff Minter is a legend to me.
Perhaps the name Rob Hubbard is familiar to you Kevin? He featured large in the game scene of that era as the musician most likely to be responsible for the soundtracks that accompanied them.
They were great days. A time when “computers” and “standards” were two words that were never heard in the same sentence. There were so many “home computer” brands, so many operating systems, so many incompatibilities between systems. They were also the days when a kid, working alone, could knock up a best-selling computer game working part-time out of his (they were invariably male) bedroom after school.
It was awesome to have lived and and been active through that period. I remember looking on in awe when the Macintosh was released, thinking how wonderful the WIMP concept was. Then Atari and Commodore followed Apple’s lead and brought out their own 16-bit, WIMP computers. Oh how I lusted!
And then, as now, it was gamers and the computer gaming industry that pushed technology forward. We always needed more power, better graphics, faster processors, more RAM.
I feel an awful lot of nostalgia for those halcyon days.
Oh my goodness, do I ever remember Rob Hubbard. Good lord that man could make that SID chip sing couldn’t he? Ben Daglish and Martin Galway (sp?) were also rather adept at that as I recall. So many good memories of those days. Time to break out that C64 emulator methinks.
The SID chip - that brings back memories. I also remember that my Commodore Amiga had a chip called “Agnes” and there was definitely an “Alice” somewhere in my past too.
I used GEOS on a C128
… and Diamond GOS on my Atari130XE. That was back in the good old days though …
Actually I do remember that there were several early GUI applications for various home computers. There was definitely one available for the Atari 800XL because I remember wanting to get hold of a copy.
The original Macintosh inspired a lot of copycat work.
The C64 was the first computer I ever owned. I wouldn’t get into Programming until my twenties so when I was a kid pretty much the only thing I used it for was gaming. And there were some classics.
I don’t know if you ever recall playing any of Jeff Minter’s Llamasoft C64 games back in the day. He’s still writing games. In fact I get a kick out of following him on Twitter and I’m subscribed to his blog. He’s just starting out writing games for the iPhone.
Blimey, I could talk about C64 games for hours mate.
Of course I remember Mr. Minter and Llamasoft. I’m a Gen-X computer geek Kevin, Jeff Minter is a legend to me.
Perhaps the name Rob Hubbard is familiar to you Kevin? He featured large in the game scene of that era as the musician most likely to be responsible for the soundtracks that accompanied them.
They were great days. A time when “computers” and “standards” were two words that were never heard in the same sentence. There were so many “home computer” brands, so many operating systems, so many incompatibilities between systems. They were also the days when a kid, working alone, could knock up a best-selling computer game working part-time out of his (they were invariably male) bedroom after school.
It was awesome to have lived and and been active through that period. I remember looking on in awe when the Macintosh was released, thinking how wonderful the WIMP concept was. Then Atari and Commodore followed Apple’s lead and brought out their own 16-bit, WIMP computers. Oh how I lusted!
And then, as now, it was gamers and the computer gaming industry that pushed technology forward. We always needed more power, better graphics, faster processors, more RAM.
I feel an awful lot of nostalgia for those halcyon days.
Oh my goodness, do I ever remember Rob Hubbard. Good lord that man could make that SID chip sing couldn’t he? Ben Daglish and Martin Galway (sp?) were also rather adept at that as I recall. So many good memories of those days. Time to break out that C64 emulator methinks.
The SID chip - that brings back memories. I also remember that my Commodore Amiga had a chip called “Agnes” and there was definitely an “Alice” somewhere in my past too.
Great days!