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   -=> Don Lowery wrote to Daniel <=-   
      
    Da>  DL> Saw it as soon as it came out. Impressive that it was running   
    Da>  DL> everything in interpreted BASIC...with the games he was running going   
    Da>  DL> as fast/faster than their DOS versions.   
    Da> Indeed. Makes me wonder how those games would run written in assembly.   
      
    DL> As fast as they were running in Interpreted BASIC...I would expect they   
    DL> would be way too fast to play. Look fantastic...but ASM would probably   
    DL> make them unplayable.   
      
   Wouldn't it be possible to write a game in such a way that the game and engine   
   can load quickly but throttle the gameplay?    
      
    Da> It would be a fun platform to learn basic and write some tight modern   
    Da> software.   
      
    DL> I agree. Just had a thought that if someone got one of these...got some   
    DL> of the old BBS's written in BASIC & set it up for this box. For that   
    DL> matter...you could get Ahl's books online as PDF's. Setup stuff like   
    DL> this on the system.   
      
   That would be hella tight.   
      
   I'd like to design an all-in-one with the color maximite 2 inside and mimic the   
   old c64. Have it 3d printed.   
      
   Daniel Traechin   
      
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