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richwicks says

I remember those. They aren't 100% compatible with the C=64.

Actually, the SX64 IS a C64 in every way, including the cartridges. You may be thinking the Commodore 128 in C64 mode.

komputodo says

How do I "get" youtube on my computer?

yt-dlp. It's a project that allows downloading from a variety of websites, including Youtube. That way, when Google sensors (or otherwise removes) the content, you'll still have it. My internet connection isn't quite fast enough for 4k video, this allows for viewing where streaming doesn't quite work.

Also, if you're watching from the youtube.com website, please add a script blocker (to prevent at least some of Google's tracking) and advertisement blocker (to prevent you from being annoyed) to your browser.

Tenpoundbass says

richwicks says

The idea of staring into a CRT monitor for hours gives me a headache and makes my eyes hurt.

Believe it or not, I held up fine on CRT's. My eyesight went bad, when I started using a Laptop as my primary computing device. In just one year, went from 20/20 to needing reading glasses. I think the CRT forces you to give your eyes a rest, where as the LCD, LED screens, you don't realize eye fatigue as quickly as I did with CRT monitors. Can spend a solid 6 hours straight staring a screen writing and debugging code often. On a CRT screen I needed a break every hour or so.

I doubt it was the rest, it was just your age.

I haven't had a CRT monitor since, I'd say, 1995. As SOON as LCD was available, I moved to them, lower resolution, but very readable, and no eye strain. I realized I needed glasses 20 years later. They're just reading glasses, but I wear them habitually. Even when I'm outside on a walk I'm wearing them. Screws up my long distance vision, but I don't care. Reading a menu without them is just about impossible or using a smart phone or tablet.

LCD had slower update than CRT did, but I've not actually used a CRT in ages. Just thinking about it, I can remember the headache and eyestrain from it. I appreciate Philo Farnsworth invention, I will never go back to it.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

I remember those. They aren't 100% compatible with the C=64.

Actually, the SX64 IS a C64 in every way, including the cartridges. You may be thinking the Commodore 128 in C64 mode.

NOPE!

Some games wouldn't run properly on it, presumably because the BASIC was different. There's some slight differences to the hardware and certainly software.

And yeah, the 128 wasn't entirely compatible with the C=64.

Doesn't matter, the SX-64 was never a major system, and nothing was made for it exclusively. I remember when they came out, and I thought how cool they were. Well, that's over 35 years ago. Now it's all systems on a chip. I still marvel at a raspberry pi.

I have a friend with young kids, I've offered to give his kids an unlimited access to video games from our time, he's rejected this thinking it will ruin his kids. I kind of push it, so they will realize that they are all a waste of time anyhow. It's better than television regardless, and that's an insidious waste of time. God I hate television.

SunnyvaleCA says

Also, if you're watching from the youtube.com website, please add a script blocker (to prevent at least some of Google's tracking) and advertisement blocker (to prevent you from being annoyed) to your browser.

@SunnyvaleCA - try out the Brave web-browser. Blocks all adds. You'll never see an ad on youtube again.

My first computer i bought at discount auction. It was something akin to a Mac 5200 CD series with 500 Mb hard drive, 14 modem, and 8 Ram. That was in 1996. It was worth learning because I later set up my office in just a few days, including ethernet networking, printing, etc. with cheap macs (Filemaker Pro) a few years later.

Ceffer says

My first computer i bought at discount auction. It was something akin to a Mac 5200 CD series with 500 Mb hard drive, 14 modem, and 8 Ram. That was in 1996. It was worth learning because I later set up my office in just a few days, including ethernet networking, printing, etc. with cheap macs (Filemaker Pro) a few years later.

It's funny the younger generation jumped into this before the older generation. I expect you got into it kicking and screaming, for me, being able to bounce around a square dot on a home version of pong was amazing.

My sister, the cunt, lied to me and said she was able to make the square "ball" spin. I spent like a week trying to duplicate it. What an asshole she was. I bet she has no recollection of that, but do.

I only really got one and learned because I knew I would need computers to make my office and my accounting/billing efficient when I got a business. Using the modem to get into AOL at the time was bog slow, but still fascinating as introduction to the internet.