Really interesting how many layers of competition were going on. Not only were different computer manufacturers competing with each other, but different generations of computers from that manufacturer were competing, like Atari ST versus Atari 8-bit. I had not realized that.
Anyway, it would be really interesting to find out what Alan Reeve is doing these days. I remember looking up someone who had created a powerful assembler or something for the ZX Spectrum and found out that he apparently became a web developer decades later.
jhbadger•2mo ago
Interesting -- I wasn't aware of Diamond OS for the Atari 8-bits -- it seems similar in concept to GEOS (which was available for the Commodore 64 and 8-bit Apple II series, and later in a much expanded version for x86 PCs) -- basically a GUI environment running on machines where the popular wisdom was that such a thing would be infeasible.
ilaksh•2mo ago
Anyway, it would be really interesting to find out what Alan Reeve is doing these days. I remember looking up someone who had created a powerful assembler or something for the ZX Spectrum and found out that he apparently became a web developer decades later.