Comments on: The Retro Problem http://www.techiteasy.org/2009/08/27/the-retro-problem/ A Technology and Business Weblog provided to You by a Global Group of Friends. Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:44:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: kari http://www.techiteasy.org/2009/08/27/the-retro-problem/#comment-5187 kari Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:49:25 +0000 http://www.techiteasy.org/?p=2329#comment-5187 Yeah, it should be dead, but for some reason, it is still easier to do simple graphics in QuickBasic than say XCode. Sure, you can do web apps quite easily with all handy APIs and stuff, but every little guy wants to make games. I know I wanted =) Yeah, it should be dead, but for some reason, it is still easier to do simple graphics in QuickBasic than say XCode. Sure, you can do web apps quite easily with all handy APIs and stuff, but every little guy wants to make games. I know I wanted =)

]]> By: Vincent van Wylick http://www.techiteasy.org/2009/08/27/the-retro-problem/#comment-5186 Vincent van Wylick Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:46:14 +0000 http://www.techiteasy.org/?p=2329#comment-5186 And there I thought I'd made a convincing argument that retro is dead :) And there I thought I'd made a convincing argument that retro is dead :)

]]> By: kari http://www.techiteasy.org/2009/08/27/the-retro-problem/#comment-5183 kari Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:31:07 +0000 http://www.techiteasy.org/?p=2329#comment-5183 I think this topic is worth more exploration, because I've read couple of posts about this kind of retro problem we're facing with computers. These new modern computer things do not come with QuickBasic or HyperCard, which would have small learning curve to actually get something done. It's surprisingly difficult to get anything graphics-related built with the tools provided with your OS. I remember that it was actually one thing that I missed when upgrading to Windows'95. I couldn't tinker as easily with stuff as in DOS. Sure, there was something called Linux, but ... man, talk about steep learning curve. This was way before anything called broadband internet was available, so you were basically on your own if you chose that route. I think this topic is worth more exploration, because I've read couple of posts about this kind of retro problem we're facing with computers. These new modern computer things do not come with QuickBasic or HyperCard, which would have small learning curve to actually get something done. It's surprisingly difficult to get anything graphics-related built with the tools provided with your OS.

I remember that it was actually one thing that I missed when upgrading to Windows'95. I couldn't tinker as easily with stuff as in DOS. Sure, there was something called Linux, but … man, talk about steep learning curve. This was way before anything called broadband internet was available, so you were basically on your own if you chose that route.

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