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... wenn ich über etwas Neues aus der Demoszene stolpere, ob das so in der Art noch wer feiert?
Um den schönen Gedanken zu einem charismatischen Ende zu bringen, krame ich einen schönen Song zum Träumen raus ... herrlich chillig und direct wired:
"Illumination" von Cube / DEE
RELEASED 13 AUGUST 1995
2ND IN THE ASSEMBLY 1995
in der Kategorie
4 CHANNEL MUSIC COMPETITION
#4channel #soundtracker #fasttracker2 #fasttracker #retrotuneoftheday #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #soundblaster
... 3/4

Even when development started in the 70s, it took #Apple #computers twice as long as expected not only because they had to get rid of #Jobs first. Still ahead of it's time #LISA was launched 1983 with 1Mb RAM for almost U$D 10K. The most interesting documentary about #IT you'll find here...
https://youtu.be/psAeTDYezdo

Instead of #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai and #PostScript #PS, our highly detailed #vector #illustration of #AppleLisa #GUI #OS #retrocomputer was created in #svg #vectorgraphics #technology with #Inkscape. #Download & #donate here...
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This #iconic #8bit #retrocomputer #vector #illustration is a #resolutionindependent #tribute to the most sold #computer model, everrr. Until 1988 #Commodore sold more #C64 #homecomputers than all #IBM compatible #PC's combined. While the #DTP #revolution was in full swing on #Apple #Macintosh #computers, some school #newspapers been created with #Pagefox back then.
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PixelfedITs History! (@gfkDSGN@pixelfed.social)1982 Commodore introduced the computer for the masses not the classes... “It writes, rates, creates, even telecommunicates. Costs less does more — the #Commodore64” This outstanding #homecomputer came with #8bit #MOS6510 #CPU, 64KB RAM and #BASIC. Initially the #C64 was sold for a little under 600 bucks, but competition was brutal in the #8bit-war. https://youtu.be/E9nDsIvUto4 With prices dropping #Commodore sold two million units annually and had a market share up to 40% in the US until 1986. At one point, the company was selling as many C64s as the rest of the industry combined. Even when #IBM #PC 5150 compatible #16bit systems changed that in 1988, the #C=64 became highest-selling computer model of all time. Our #vector #graphic #retrocomputer #art wasn't realized in old #Adobe #PostScript #vectorgraphics #tech with #Ai #Illustrator, but in #svg #technology with #FreeSoftware #Inkscape
1982 Commodore introduced the computer for the masses not the classes...
“It writes, rates, creates, even telecommunicates. Costs less does more — the #Commodore64

This outstanding #homecomputer came with #8bit #MOS6510 #CPU, 64KB RAM and #BASIC. Initially the #C64 was sold for a little under 600 bucks, but competition was brutal in the #8bit-war. https://youtu.be/E9nDsIvUto4

With prices dropping #Commodore sold two million units annually and had a market share up to 40% in the US until 1986.
At one point, the company was selling as many C64s as the rest of the industry combined.

Even when #IBM #PC 5150 compatible #16bit systems changed that in 1988, the #C=64 became highest-selling computer model of all time.

Our #vector #graphic #retrocomputer #art wasn't realized in old #Adobe #PostScript #vectorgraphics #tech with #Ai #Illustrator, but in #svg #technology with #FreeSoftware #Inkscape
The #Atari 1200XL was a 8bit #homecomputer running a #MOS 6502 #CPU at 1.79 MHz. When this beautiful machine was launched in 1983 with 64Kb RAM the price was under thousand dollars, but... https://youtu.be/JyA5tA5mmYY

$omehow, in the #8bitwar the #C64 was much more popular even when specs been almost the same. The difference in #BASIC language was less significant for the success. Most likely that competition was won by #Commodore because Jack Tramiel took the advice of his grandfather so serious.
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/22449/Atari-1200XL/

#retrocomputer #vector #graphics #vintage #Atari1200XL #8bit #computer #vectorgraphics #svgART #svg #cgi #art #illustration made by #gfkDSGN with #GPL #Inkscape and #FreeSoftware instead of #Adobe #Illustrator #Ai #SaaS #BS