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The Commodore 64 vs. the iPhone 3G S

Posted by timothy on from the next-week-chocolate-torte-vs.-charles-manson dept.

Harry writes "The unfortunate news about Apple rejecting a Commodore 64 emulator from the iPhone App Store inspired me to compare the C64 to the new iPhone 3G S, in more detail than any rational person is likely to compare them, ever again. If nothing else, it's a snapshot of just how far technology has come since the C64's release in August of 1982."

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  1. Re:3D acceleration is just the new 2D acceleration by Hurricane78 · · Score: 0, Troll

    One should compare it to Flash. But both using the same (low-res and low-color) screen and the same CPU. :P

    Seriously. Flash has way too many inner platforms in-between it and the hardware. The only thing missing in there, is a virtual CPU, emulated in Emacs. ^^

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  2. Re:Unfair comparison -- didn't include FREEDOM by Snocone · · Score: 0, Troll

    They forgot to include FREEDOM. You were free on the C64, no one could stop you from making applications, running them and distributing them freely to friends,

    And for $0.99 apiece 100 of you and your friends can chip in for a developer account which gives you all that F-F-FREEEEEDDDOOOMMMM.

    If passing the minimal sanity and seriousness validation of acquiring a developer account is too much of a hurdle for you, well then no you actually should not be playing with the grownup toys, kid. Back to F-F-FRREEEDDOOOMMMM whiny git land with you!

  3. Re:Unfair comparison -- didn't include FREEDOM by Anonymusing · · Score: 1, Troll

    You know, since the C64 is so free, why aren't you still using it? You are STILL free on it. Not sure why you keep putting it in the past tense.

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