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The 8-bit Guy - My Dream Computer is Finally on Sale! (Commander X16 update) (youtu.be)

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Piped alternative: https://piped.video/watch?v=mPuP1L7vnr0
Direct link to the product page: https://texelec.com/product/cx16-preorder/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly. Something in the spirit of an Amiga 500 (I never had one, so this is not nostalgia speaking) is much more suitable to beginning programmers. Something with a flat address space, an easily memorisable instruction set and rich collection of hardware (blitter, DMA controller, sound generator) to play with. And something that has modern interfaces (HDMI & USB) so the not-so-well-equipped hacker-in-training can also jump in right away.

The Commander X16 isn’t it.