Too bad I’m not closer to being European computers :)
Le mer. 17 avr. 2019 à 14:49, Leif Bloomquist <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a
écrit :
Sounds great! We have done the occasional "bring your other*Jérémie Marsin*
non-Commodore retro machines" night which have been fun and
informative. Would be cool to do one again and learn more about the
ZX and BBC line, I don't think I've seen a BBC Micro outside of a
museum.
Added to the list of ideas, keep them coming....
On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 7:47 AM Matt London <mattinx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
subject of topics - someone on the discord channel suggested a topic of
Don't think I'll be able to make it to this month's meeting, but on the
"Are you keeping up with the Comodore?" where we could look at some of the
major rivals to the major Commodore micros (heck - it's a big topic, you
could probably even break it down into different time periods/models) and
compare how they stacked up against the C= systems. Maybe even pick some
classic games of the time released on multiple platforms and run them side
by side?
machines (or a lot of the other systems popular in North America) at the
As someone who didn't really get much exposure to the 8-bit Commodore
time (my childhood was mostly ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and IBM PC), I'd
certainly be interested in it. I'd also be happy to bring along examples of
the 80s UK systems I have in my collection (I've got a ZX Spectrum, a ZX
Spectrum +3, and a BBC Micro model B) if people are be interested.
wrote:
Matt
On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 1:44 AM Leif Bloomquist <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
No set topic (suggestions welcome) so bring anything Commodore or retro to
The next TPUG meeting will be on Thursday April 18th, 2019 at 7:30 PM.
show off or to ask questions!
http://www.tpug.ca/meetings/location/
Directions are on the TPUG website at
See you there!
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