Yesterday, 12:31 AM
Yeah, the lack of an expansion bus and not really being able to tinker with it is a bit disappointing. If I didn't already have three 800XL machines, I don't think I'd even entertain the idea of picking one up. I've been pretty happy with the emulator for getting in my quick fix of nostalgia. And yeah, I'd want the floppy disk experience as well. Having the head clatter, then skip and then adjusting the floppy lever up/down just right to "force" the head to read the track and then hearing the "bee da bee da bee da bee" read noises again was a sigh of relief... until the next time you tried booting up the disk.
It's been a year with no word of the Revive Machines releasing their creation. I don't know if I'd hold my breath for that one...
It's been a year with no word of the Revive Machines releasing their creation. I don't know if I'd hold my breath for that one...