2026-03-13.log

lidstahdamn, sharp x6800000:00
lidstaha specific one if I read correctly00:00
lidstahwhat a wild time it was back then.00:05
Svpspecific yeah00:05
Svptowns is x86-adjacent but with some x68000-like qualities (like the same sound hardware and high color)00:06
Svp...unfortunately a thoroughly uninteresting machine to me :(00:06
Svpi do have several PC-98s (also x86-adjacent)00:07
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lidstahSvp: may I ask why the FM-Towns is uninteresting for you? here (France) it does have a legend-like status, although it was never sold here.00:08
lidstah(so, it might be purely because french people are generally interested in japanese culture, and so, gamers and computers loving people were interested in this specific machine)00:10
Svpit just didnt seem to have much love in general from the home computing scene, hardly anything was designed specifically for it (as in system exclusives) commercially or not and those that are just dont seem to be THAT appealing... towns os is pretty neat though i have to admit00:10
Svpso it's in the weird spot between "common and heavily used" (pc98) and "legendary masterpiece" (x68000)00:11
lidstahkinda like a PC clone then? something not bad, not good, does the job but no real sparks?00:12
lidstah(back in the days I mean)00:13
Svplater towns are essentially pcs with towns twists00:13
Svp(the fresh serie)00:13
lidstahthe first ones were 68K machines iirc, no?00:13
Svpnope, always x8600:13
lidstahdamn00:14
Svp386 and up00:14
Svpthe marty is essentially the barest you get with towns stuff00:14
lidstahjust checked wikipedia, first one used a 386DX00:15
Svpmost models do feature a 486 but software usually targeted 386, a situation not unlike other platforms of the time00:15
lidstahoh, there was some specific graphics/sound chipset from what I read on wikipedia right now. like an amiga but with an x86 cpu and some specific OS. TIL, thank you00:18
lidstahand indeed the x68000, otoh, seems really more original00:19
Svpthe x68000 is peak "throwing money at designs" era00:20
Svpand it also looks awesome lets not forget that00:21
lidstahbeige double tower00:23
lidstahhttps://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_X68000#/media/Fichier:X68000ACE-HD.JPG00:23
Svpah thats just poor lighting, it looks gray irl00:24
lidstahand I'm not sure that putting it on a carpet was a good idea too :')00:25
Svpbut the iconic color for it is black00:25
Svp> and I'm not sure that putting it on a carpet was a good idea too :')00:26
Svpeh thats honestly not that bad, the bottom is metal and the spicy parts are in the towers, plus the mainboard is not active cooled00:26
Svpwhoops i touched a thing it seems00:26
lidstahlike this one: https://celeano.lidstah.info/-mReB7B9P2T ?00:27
Svpyep00:27
Svpthats usually the design people think of00:27
lidstahthey had… style :)00:27
lidstahmust have been quite great on a desktop back in the days00:28
Svp...i feel we've veered a little off topic lol00:28
lidstah:D00:28
Svpyeah things were wild00:28
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martyhttps://www.fsf.org/news/2026-job-opportunity-fsf-engineering-and-certification-manager19:39
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