Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 2/12/25 1:28 AM, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 22:50:21 -0500, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

    I too lament a relative lack of 68K boxes. It was a fine chip. It is
    said IBM considered it, but the prices - purchase + design - were
    more than it wanted for a product they didn't know would be
    successful. Not sure Motorola could have produced enough of them at
    the time either.

 They had used the 8085 in the System/23 so it was somewhat familiar
territory. iirc the 68008 wasn't quite ready for prime time either and all
those dirt cheap 8bit peripherals were so enticing.

   I think the 86 series had 'more future possibilities'
   than the 8085. There were too many 8-bit systems out
   there already, so bumping up to 16 bit was smart for
   sales. Why make/compete-with "just another TRS-80" ?
   As for the cheap accessories, very true.
   Few boxes are made up in the ivory tower with unlimited
   funds to be had. Tech and marketing have to come to
   certain compromises.

    Always wanted a PET ... but didn't have the $$$ back when they were
    popular. The C64 was "better" in a number of ways, but it didn't come
    in the stylish all-in-one case

 I saw one of the 4000 series sitting on a trash can a few years ago but
sometimes I have brief flashes of sanity. The PET was way behind the
TRS-80 in sales but the C64 was a real winner. Commodore is another one of
the sad stories of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

   Not entirely sure why CBM crashed and burned. The IBM
   box changed public perceptions a bit - and all those
   nice plug-in slots on the board were better than the
   usual CBM approach of cartridges and serial peripherials.
   The home game market switched towards dedicated devices
   as well. Guess CBM management bought a faulty crystal ball.