Announcing Kernel Panic

[skroo]

Reality check: If they were really interested enough in this type of thing to plunk down the money, they'd be more likely to get a system, slap an OS on it and start trying things. A -real- system.

I can make one point in defence of the PS3: its potential for use in distributed computing.

But yeah, it's a pretty hard stretch to come up with anything else. I like cotman's idea of turning people loose on old systems (thread's here) and seeing what they come up with. Yeah, having the latest whizzbang acclerated 9-D textured polygon with 8.12 stereo reproductive apparatus drive-in-display commodity box is great, but let's see them establish a terminal connection on a 6502-based machine, or better still, write a terminal application from scratch...

If I were a real bastard, that last sentence would've ended 'in LOGO' :)

[TheCotMan]

...let's see them establish a terminal connection on a 6502-based machine, or better still, write a terminal application from scratch...

If I were a real bastard, that last sentence would've ended 'in LOGO' :)

LOGO? That is just plain mean!

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So, when will this contest start? (hahahah.)