Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

["wildstar128" <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

"Paul Allen Panks" <pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu> wrote in message
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> Charles,
>
> I appreciate your comments. Yes, Bill Gates ripped off his Windows
> idea from Apple's Macintosh (also, the Apple Lisa), but then again
> Apple saw what Xerox PARC was doing with...well, I forget the name of
> the machine...but it had a bitmapped display and used a primitive
> mouse (not as primitive as the one created in the 1960's, of course).
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Jack Tramiel never liked the idea of "game consoles". He attempted the
market of game consoles and they were flops at Commodore. Especially when
you consider the concepts of building full blown computer systems for
approximately the same price as a new Nintendo, you can buy a Commodore 64
and in its own right did make Nintendo worry. The success of the C64 had
major concerns to Nintendo but with all luck they both made out impressively
well in the Computer electronics field. Both having impressive sales.

Microsoft/Bill Gates was an implementer. Implement ideas and software made
by others into his own products to make money. Business is always that way.
Good ideas are never copyrightable. Good software is.

Jack Tramiel was aggressive, indeed but he really did make significant
impact with the c64.

Why people use old computers or emulators is for many - is reliving the good
things of the past. The C-One is something that may take a future of its own
with the spirit of the past, compatibility with the past and the power to do
much well into the future. Consider - reprogrammability. We can easily see
the power of the FPGA technology to take flight in ways that will be
phenomenal. Take on the power of Stratix series FPGA and we will see
phenominal capabilities. Hey Matthew, you might want to take some time to
brush up on VHDL - you just might be able to make your Math engine for your
donggle. As a matter of fact, you just might be able to make your donggle in
an FPGA. I would look forward to using an Altera Stratix FPGA on a PCI card
and you got alot to work with.

I think 1 Million gates will make emulation quite difficult.