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Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by katastic on Saturday October 07, 2017 @10:22PM (#15426699)
I'd say it's a lot easier to create a website than it is to create a computer in the 70's.
Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by russellbeattie on Saturday October 07, 2017 @11:39PM (#15426874)
Written in PHP no less... Zuckerburg is nothing like Woz in terms of technical knowledge, acumen and ability. The comparision is almost an insult.
Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by colejohnson66 on Sunday October 08, 2017 @02:19AM (#15427183)
Nowhere in my post did I compare their projects. I compared their age. And there’s nothing wrong with using PHP as a framework for your website. Mediawiki is written in PHP and Wikimedia’s websites (including Wikipedia) run on Mediawiki. Just because a language is bad doesn’t mean the projects written in them are bad. Also, AFAIK, Facebook doesn’t run on PHP anymore.
Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by Lievelingsduif on Sunday October 08, 2017 @05:58AM (#15427639)
I think everybody's acting offended because you're comparing their ages when they made something successful, not what they made.

The what is a huge nuance, I personally think Zuckerberg would be able to create a device like this at this point in time.

While you were just comparing ages you accidentally bundled achievements and that's a big no no.

Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by protomyth on Saturday October 07, 2017 @11:07PM (#15426796)
True, but there were other amazing computer hardware folks that really don’t get much credit. For example, Jay Miner’s chip development on the Atari 8-bit machines. It would be amazing to get some history with other hardware wizards of the time.
Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by ZenoArrow on Sunday October 08, 2017 @09:25AM (#15428095)
Jay Miner got plenty of credit for the Amiga. His achievements at Atari (in the Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers) may have been less well known, but many Amiga fans know Jay Miner.
Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by colejohnson66 on Saturday October 07, 2017 @10:24PM (#15426703)
Oh for sure. Especially nowadays with YouTube, you have 14 year olds who learned programming and then made tens or even hundreds of thousands releasing a game on the iOS App Store. I did mention Bill Gates though.
Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by pjmlp on Sunday October 08, 2017 @08:35AM (#15427965)
There were 14 year old kids releasing C64 and ZX Spectrum games.
Re:Apple2fpga: Reconstructing an Apple II+ on an FPGA (2008) by protomyth on Sunday October 08, 2017 @10:43AM (#15428391)
No one knew you were 14 when you put an add in Antic, Analog, etc. The funny thing is some of the 14 year old kids had better art and boxes than the big companies.