tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27975477.post1772248909898805121..comments2023-06-18T13:27:02.566+01:00Comments on Hypervox - Shaun Raven's Cartoon Blog from darkest Essex...: How times change...Hypervoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13405050371988117413noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27975477.post-60316866846542843702010-10-08T23:01:44.601+01:002010-10-08T23:01:44.601+01:00Ah - series 39, the last ones I worked on before s...Ah - series 39, the last ones I worked on before switching to PC's. Also, the machines I cut my programming teeth on (cobol, scl). Absolutely loved 'em Len!Hypervoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13405050371988117413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27975477.post-19054603201690503052010-10-08T20:03:46.085+01:002010-10-08T20:03:46.085+01:00So, I'm not the only cartoonist to have worked...So, I'm not the only cartoonist to have worked with old ICL mainframes! It was the Series 39 kit i used- happy memories of pre-email days (ICL had a thing called EXAC back then, which was sort of email) green screen dumb terminals-laser printers the size of cars-sigh...Lenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122398748174830618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27975477.post-82126642315700712912010-09-10T16:21:47.981+01:002010-09-10T16:21:47.981+01:00I know exactly what you mean John. Peek, Poke and...I know exactly what you mean John. Peek, Poke and all that. Poring over all the code, trying to work out what the hell was happening. <br /><br />What was a Sprite?<br />Why did we have to PEEK and POKE?<br /><br />You can't find tape recorders like they used to make any more!<br /><br />I remeber the days with the Atari with a special fondness, because I worked on PCs during the day, but the Atari was just for fun! I still say that some of the games that were made for the Atari (and it's great rival, the Amiga) were the real peak of creative gaming mind. Nowadays, it's all about libraries, graphics and licenses. Back then, if you were a game creator, you were a PIONEER...Hypervoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13405050371988117413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27975477.post-80184664551471868792010-09-10T16:12:26.275+01:002010-09-10T16:12:26.275+01:00Wow how times have changed haven't they ? I st...Wow how times have changed haven't they ? I still have a BBC computer in the loft...showing my age..I used to buy the compute mags so that I could write the programs onto the computer ...you'd spend hours typing only to find it wouldn't work cos you'd left a coma out......happy days.johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411144906467151008noreply@blogger.com