Re:The Mega65
by Findecanor on Sunday September 29, 2024 @06:38AM
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I think a computer system checking most of those boxes could be made with software on modern PC hardware. I think that is possible as long as we keep check of ourselves to continue following the principles.
Your list of qualities remind me of what I liked most about the Amiga and its OS. The (desktop) system was manageable by one person and you learned as you went. It did not "mollycoddle" the user, and it did not require you to spend years of study (as with Unix, Linux and the internals of MS-Windows).
One older principle (1967) that is related to several of yours, and apparently largely forgotten these days is "The principle of least astonishment" [0].
Other lists of computing principles I've come across that I find interesting (even if I do not always agree): Loper-OS's seven laws of Sane Computing [1], and the principles of Permacomputing [2].
Your list of qualities remind me of what I liked most about the Amiga and its OS. The (desktop) system was manageable by one person and you learned as you went. It did not "mollycoddle" the user, and it did not require you to spend years of study (as with Unix, Linux and the internals of MS-Windows).
One older principle (1967) that is related to several of yours, and apparently largely forgotten these days is "The principle of least astonishment" [0].
Other lists of computing principles I've come across that I find interesting (even if I do not always agree): Loper-OS's seven laws of Sane Computing [1], and the principles of Permacomputing [2].
[0]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishmen...>
[1]: http://www.loper-os.org/?p=284
[2]: https://permacomputing.net/Principles/