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Opera Gives That C64 Feel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the blast-from-the-past dept.

howcome writes "Opera yesterday relased beta2 of the forthcoming 7.0 version. Opera now supports mulitple user style sheets and by selecting "Nostalgia" from the menu all web pages suddenly resemble Commodore 64 (screendump1 screendump2) from 20 years back. Also, there is a handheld emulator to see what a page will look like on a handheld device running Opera. To get you through Christmas, you can also use the "fast-forward" button. Try it on Google (screendump)!"

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  1. But what about the vic 20? by everyplace · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have fond memories of dialing up with the 300 baud modem hooked up to the old vic 20. When will I be able to relive that experience?

    1. Re:But what about the vic 20? by BitHive · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, I'm already reliving the speed of that experience...

    2. Re:But what about the vic 20? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
      I'm living that right now. Opera.com seems to be nearly slashdotted.

      Slashdot: Forcing Websites To Emulate The 300-baud Experience.

    3. Re:But what about the vic 20? by everyplace · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nostalga Browser. That's a good one. Can we look forward to a new version that only supports a proprietary type of Nostalgia? And then I can use an alternative nostalgia browser to suppress unwanted memories from inadvertently popping up in my head when I remember something specific.

      I'm really looking forward to when my fond memories have to be signed with a digital certificate in order for me to remember them. You know, to remove the possibility that I might remember something incorrectly.

    4. Re:But what about the vic 20? by Moses+Lawn · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just support the Open Nostalgia Project. All memories in Ogg Vorbis format, live and streaming. gnostalgia is in early beta, and I hear KMemories is koming ksoon.

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  2. opera's dying by jonathanbearak · · Score: 5, Funny

    they've already lost 24 bits

  3. Cartridge Linux? by binaryDigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean that someone is working on a cart based Linux distro? Can't wait to do tar backups on my cassette!

  4. Opera's new marketing campaign by AussieBastard · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Try Opera, and stay awhile... staayyy FOREVER!"

  5. Re:Nostalgia! by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many times is this?

    Enough. It's enough times now. Please, dear sweet Jesus, enough.

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  6. Re:Finally!!! by Proc6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Use IE and Passport and you can browse like it's 1984.

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  7. Bleh by autopr0n · · Score: 4, Funny

    No amount of filtering can make slashdot look good.

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    autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
  8. 20 years ago?!?! by NineNine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Was the C 64 really around 20 years ago?!? It doesn't seem like that long ago when I was playing Bard's Tale on one. Jesus, 20 years ago, that makes me... oh I'm depressed now.