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The Polygons of Another World: Atari ST

18 pointsby kinetikover 5 years ago

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invincingover 5 years ago
Previous discussion about the series: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21937607" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21937607</a><p>Previous discussion regarding the Amiga implementation: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21942591" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=21942591</a>
mmoezover 5 years ago
I read the post with a lot of nostalgia!<p>Back in the late-80s when I was a kid, I was fascinated by both the ST and Amiga. I bought several books about them and read everything I could find about their internals in computer magazines.<p>Unfortunately, my knowledge remained theoretical as they were too expensive for me. I had to invent tricks and find ways with the Z80 of my cheap home computer to simulate the marvels that could run on these 68000 power-horses!<p>It was a great, yet tedious exercise. I owe a lot to the nights spent trying to emulate some feature of the Amiga or the ST on my limited Z80 machine.