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SoftEgg Hobby Computer

Wouldn't it be great if we had useless hobby computers like we had in the 80's, that were only good for games and puttering?

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I've been sick, and so NanoEgg work that requires thinking just makes me more ill. In my feverish delusions, I thought "wouldn't it be great if we had useless hobby computers like we had in the 80's, that were only good for games and puttering?" And so I somehow cobbled together this 3d model between coughing fits and blowing my nose.
I mentioned the "hobby computer" to other people and they seemed to think it was a terrible waste of time, that nobody would want to program a computer that they couldn't sell anything on, that anything without a proper OS and internet access and 3d and polygons and web shops and ad revenue was worthless.
Does anybody else harbor a secret desire to have a tiny computer that is only good for writing silly little games and demos, where you can hold the whole state of the machine in your head, and there is no real profit motive whatsoever?

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Martian wrote 02/23/2019 at 15:59 point

The thing is the computers back then were not intended to be 'useless' hobby machines.  Commercial microcomputers were addressing a perceived market need and homebrew machines served the same needs as they do today, and there are many hobbyist machines on this site.  They all have -some- purpose.

I like the idea of a non-profit hobbyist machine, I'm interested in developing something myself using low-cost existing boards like a Pi or Arduino and a BASIC type language.  This could be of use to hobbyists who want to tinker or use it in projects, for simple games or even for kids to learn about computers.

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AVR wrote 04/03/2017 at 19:14 point

as a whipper snapper too young to have experienced homebrew computing in the 70s/80s I like the idea of this project! My first PC was a Mac Performa 6100 so I'm pretty spoiled as far as computers go my whole life lol

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