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Though the Atari ST was a superior machine.

According to users of the Kaypro II from that time, it was a very robust machine. It was even used on the 1984 Paris Dakar edition.

So, LZEXE was written on an Amstrad PC1512 (of course in 8086 assembly).

One of the best pieces of advice about software engineering as well.

"The A1200 is essentially a Linux single-board computer running emulation, possibly one of the UAE (Ultimate Amiga Emulators) that have been around for decades. What makes The A1200 different from just building your own with a Raspberry Pi is that we get a full-sized recreation of the Amiga 1200, and that includes a working keyboard. "

One great musician to listen to during late coding sessions.

"Can we use a distributed database instead? If the answer is ‘Yes’, why go for blockchain at all? Indeed, blockchain is slower and more resource-intensive."

The key factor when assessing a blockchain project is indeed to see what is the advantage of a blockchain vs a usual database.

Most of the time, there is none. Worse, cost of a blockchain is more expensive as pointed by the article.

And you still need an authoritative registry somewhere if there any physical item involved.

In addition to that, blockchain projects faces another business issue: to be really decentralized, you have to lose control of what you put on the blockchain, which is hard to conceive for a private company.

From at I remember, at least in Europe, it's only from 1994-1995 that you could start thinking having a better proposition with a PC than with an Amiga/Atari ST. In order to surpass what you had on an Amiga 500/600 in terms of games, your needed at least a small 386 VGA.

Before that, the only way to get a configuration at the same price was typically some Amstrad PC (typically the popular PC1512), far less capable in terms of graphics and music.

We often hear about the seminal Popular Electronics magazine, but interesting to see that some others have had also a huge influence.

The Radio-Electronics TV Typewriter magazine is also mentioned by Steve Wozniak while working on the Apple I.

Glad to see those valuable principles written, even if it seems we are heading in the complete opposite. At least we can try to apply them on our side business.

These were also true in the early ages of aviation:

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry