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   Don Lowery to Daniel   
   Re: Color maximite 2   
   10 Jul 20 14:45:21   
   
   TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46   
   MSGID: 1:340/1000 47899c91   
   REPLY: 3213.fido_cbm@1:340/7 236de4d5   
   TZUTC: -0700   
    Da>  DL> As fast as they were running in Interpreted BASIC...I would expect th   
    Da>  DL> would be way too fast to play. Look fantastic...but ASM would probabl   
    Da>  DL> make them unplayable.   
    Da> Wouldn't it be possible to write a game in such a way that the game and   
    Da> engine can load quickly but throttle the gameplay?    
      
   Expect it would be the same thing with some old DOS games running in DOSBox.   
   There would be a way...especially since GOG.com has seemed to do it for all   
   the old ones I have bought which run on DOSBox.   
      
    Da>  DL> of the old BBS's written in BASIC & set it up for this box. For that   
    Da>  DL> matter...you could get Ahl's books online as PDF's. Setup stuff like   
    Da>  DL> this on the system.   
    Da> That would be hella tight.   
      
   For that matter...how about some of those old Apple ][ games written in basic?   
      
    Da> I'd like to design an all-in-one with the color maximite 2 inside and   
    Da> mimic the old c64. Have it 3d printed.   
      
   Can't remember what he said the guts of the box was...but it shouldn't be too   
   hard to get yourself built close to it with a killer 3D printed case!   
      
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