General > General Technical Chat
Hard Disk Storage 1985
<< < (10/18) > >>
GeorgeOfTheJungle:
They soon realized that with open systems like the Apple II people were buying not Apple's but third parties' expansion cards, which were either cheaper or simply better than their own. The Apple /// was a first (failed) step towards a closed system, and the Mac further more. Jeez, with the II you got commented ROM listings and the schematics and even hand written notes by Woz, with enough info to understand how the whole damn thing worked and to design your own expansion/peripheral cards if you wanted, which clearly was something against their own interests.
bd139:
This is one reason I liked Acorn and bought into their ecosystem back then. Apart from the platform crapping on everything from space (32-bit ARM in 1987!), you could get a reference manual for every piece of hardware they sold which contained service information, schematics, memory maps, the lot. The whole platform was open and everyone could build peripherals for it or modify the OS and system.

Typical example:

Hardware: http://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/docs/Acorn/Manuals/Acorn_A4001R140SM.pdf
Software: http://www.riscos.com/support/developers/prm/

Random nostalgia trip... ARM assembly hello world :D

Naguissa:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 03, 2018, 03:52:58 pm ---Hahaha I had one like that. 20Mb MFM drive.

Does anyone remember CD drives with caddies?

Starting to feel old now.  :--

--- End quote ---
I remember my 2x cdrom on a 486 that you pushed it and nostly all drive came out. Then, you open the upper part like a boombox to access the disc.

Enviado desde mi Jolla mediante Tapatalk

james_s:

--- Quote from: CJay on July 11, 2018, 07:49:15 am ---The Macs were wonderfully designed and built hardware but what a crappy company to have dealings with, we got a few stern letters and injunctions to try and get us out of the Mac repair business, Apple *really* don't like competition.

--- End quote ---


Can't argue with you there. Apple as a company is not something I've ever been fond of, well not since the early days of the Apple II anyway. Unlike many people though, I'm able to separate Apple products from Apple the company, and I can appreciate well designed products even if I'm not fond of the company.

Really in the case of Apple it's the cult like dedication of a portion of their customer base that I find distasteful. Waiting in line for hours to get the latest iPhone? No thanks, I'll order last year's model at steep discount online and have it in my hand a day or two later without any hassle.
GeorgeOfTheJungle:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 11, 2018, 08:53:38 am ---Random nostalgia trip... ARM assembly hello world :D


--- End quote ---

 :-+ That's a true Archimedes? A Raspberry? Please bring forward the source code window, I'm curious!
Navigation
Message Index
Next page
Previous page
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...

Go to full version
Powered by SMFPacks Advanced Attachments Uploader Mod