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Re: Platform distinction

#16 Post by Alastair »

Samwise wrote:
Gunness wrote:I'm certainly no expert on Spectrum, so I set up the 16K as a separate platform as I was under the impression that it was a completely different range of machines (like the ZX81). But perhaps I'm wrong?
I'm no Spectrum expert, but the Wikipedia article seems to indicate the only difference between the 16K and 48K versions was RAM.

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Re: Platform distinction

#17 Post by terri »

I have nothing to add to this discussion, except the (often relevant) principle, i. e KISS - keep it simple, stupid. There are people like me somewhere who may access this site. No apersions cast on information contributed so far. Just a warning that there may be newbies or neophytes or dummies out there. You need to make the site/links navigable by all.
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Re: Platform distinction

#18 Post by Gunness »

terri wrote:Just a warning that there may be newbies or neophytes or dummies out there. You need to make the site/links navigable by all.
Fair enough. But since the available information will be the same for everybody, we'd lose a lot of valuable information if we had to make sure that everybody would understand everything. For some people, it might be confusing that there are several Atari or Commodore platforms. If we were to streamline that info, the more advanced users would be frustrated.
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Re: Platform distinction

#19 Post by Mark »

Gunness wrote:For some people, it might be confusing that there are several Atari or Commodore platforms. If we were to streamline that info, the more advanced users would be frustrated.
A short note somewhere on the page that e.g. the VICE emulator can be used for any Commodore platform will do the trick just fine, I think. Same goes for other platforms, I guess (but don't know, since I'm pretty limited to C64 games myself :D ).
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#20 Post by Gunness »

Mark wrote:
Gunness wrote:For some people, it might be confusing that there are several Atari or Commodore platforms. If we were to streamline that info, the more advanced users would be frustrated.
A short note somewhere on the page that e.g. the VICE emulator can be used for any Commodore platform will do the trick just fine, I think. Same goes for other platforms, I guess (but don't know, since I'm pretty limited to C64 games myself :D ).
Argh! Well, I guess we could skip the platform info altogether and just link to MESS ;) Seriously, I'd like to be able to distinguish between a VIC20 and a C64. And a ZX81 and a Spectrum 48. And a Atari 400 and an Atari ST.
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