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| For those who really wish to know, I landed on Misplaced Pages quite by accident in January 2002: I was idly reading an article on operating systems for the next generation of mobile phones (I am not sure why...), which was detailing Micro$oft's foray into this field. The article went on to say that many cool things would be possible with the colour screens that we'd be seeing on advanced models; but that given minimal memory and ways of addressing the screen all aimed at minimizing power consumption, programmers who worked on games on 1980s computers such as the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum would find their skills at squeezing the maximum effiencency out of the minimum code once again in demand. |
For those who really wish to know, I landed on Misplaced Pages quite by accident in January 2002: I was idly reading an article on operating systems for the next generation of mobile phones (I am not sure why...), which was detailing Micro$oft's foray into this field. The article went on to say that many cool things would be possible with the colour screens that we'd be seeing on advanced models; but that given minimal memory and ways of addressing the screen all aimed at minimizing power consumption, programmers who worked on games on 1980s computers such as the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum would find their skills at squeezing the maximum effiencency out of the minimum code once again in demand. | ||
| In particular (it said), the problem of "attribute clash" seen on the Spectrum was again rearing its ugly head. Intrigued by the term |
In particular (it said), the problem of "attribute clash" seen on the Spectrum was again rearing its ugly head. Intrigued by the term — it was implied that it related to colour on the screen — I Googled it, and the first link got me to Misplaced Pages... | ||
| I do of course try and tone done my style when writing Misplaced Pages entries: I do have a tendency to ramble. ;-) | I do of course try and tone done my style when writing Misplaced Pages entries: I do have a tendency to ramble. ;-) | ||
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| My principal fields of interest are music and maths, but also a mixed bag of things: | |||
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| Music & Maths, mainly. | |||
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Revision as of 03:57, 6 May 2002
For those who really wish to know, I landed on Misplaced Pages quite by accident in January 2002: I was idly reading an article on operating systems for the next generation of mobile phones (I am not sure why...), which was detailing Micro$oft's foray into this field. The article went on to say that many cool things would be possible with the colour screens that we'd be seeing on advanced models; but that given minimal memory and ways of addressing the screen all aimed at minimizing power consumption, programmers who worked on games on 1980s computers such as the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum would find their skills at squeezing the maximum effiencency out of the minimum code once again in demand.
In particular (it said), the problem of "attribute clash" seen on the Spectrum was again rearing its ugly head. Intrigued by the term — it was implied that it related to colour on the screen — I Googled it, and the first link got me to Misplaced Pages...
I do of course try and tone done my style when writing Misplaced Pages entries: I do have a tendency to ramble. ;-)
My principal fields of interest are music and maths, but also a mixed bag of things:
lately, I've started:
Stuff I've added to lately:
Stuff I intend to read up on:
Hi, tarquin, welcome to wikipedia. sjc
Hey Tarquin,welcome to the 'pedia -- like what you have done to the place. maveric149