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by axilmar 1235 days ago
My dream machine when I was young:

-CPU: two MC68000 cpus, at least at 8 MHz.

-Audio: Z80 sound processor, 1 MB sound memory, Yamaha sound co-processor, 8 channels of stereo sound at 24 KHz.

-Video: 320x240 to 1280x960, 2/4/8/16-bit color, hardware 3d vector and texturing unit, up to 4096 triangles per frame at 60 frames per second.

-Memory: at least 16 MB RAM.

Storage: floppy/cd/scsi hard disk.

-O/S: Amiga-like UI, unix-like under the hood, multitasking, multiuser.

Standard peripherals: keyboard, 3-button mouse, 8-button joystick (2 ports).

Programming: C-like language with enhanced type system, additional functional and object-oriented features. Actually, I didn't know about this stuff then, so it's a recent addition :-).

Games: ports of every arcade game up to 1995 :-)... of course, anything else is welcomed :-).