If you knew then what you know now

[Trebmint]

So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??

[TFM]

So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??

I was ;-) All docs have been available in the mid 80ies (Z80, FDC, 8255, CRTC...). And of course I did create... but never to get rich.    The only software I ever sold for money was FutureOS on EPROM, this was mainly for the prices of the EPROMs themselves.

[redbox]

I'd make sure I followed David Perry's path.

From programming Trantor, Savage etc to selling his first game business for $47 million and the second for $380 million.

Not bad for someone who started out as a bedroom ZX81/Spectrum/CPC programmer.

[TFM]

Money is not everything in life. 

[Devilmarkus]

I was ;-)

[sarkasm]And how did you lose all your knowledge then? I find, it's time for you, to become an expert again [/sarkasm]

[Bryce]

I wouldn't bother inventing anything, but I'd be a regular Lotto player

Bryce.

[AMSDOS]

It's questionable if I would of got to Type-in status. 

[Trebmint]

I would have written Manic Miner and then have invested all the proceeds into a fried chicken fast food outlet. If there was any change left over I would have bought the Chase HQ2 gx4000 cartridge from Trading Post.


Also I might have invented ebay, google, facebook and ratemypoo.com. That would mean everyone now would be using an AmsDos13 mobile phone

[TFM]

[sarkasm]And how did you lose all your knowledge then? I find, it's time for you, to become an expert again [/sarkasm]

The knowledge is not lost, just the time to explain it. Further I can't access the details in my text files (on the CPC of course). So I neither have time to answer quick questions, not do I have the time to search for it. Boiled down to a nutshell: TIME is what's all about.

[fano]

So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??

I'd work on a cool hardware for all CPCs and on games for it with a cool team.Rich , why ? i'd just need drugs and girls   

[Gryzor]

A Romboard featuring flashing ROMs to one chip, perchance?

[Axelay]

So if you were as expert at z80, cpc, graphics or whatever in 1981-1990 as you are now... what would you have created and how rich and famous would you be??

I'd have bombarded Hewson with submissions to try and get a Dave Rogers soundtrack in at least one game.  I doubt that would have lead to fame and fortune though!