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CMcDougall wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 17, 2018 9:01 pm

A brand new still sealed in box typewriter 'thing'

Looks like a nice keyboard, anyway!

On the Electron I found that side-stepping the whole process by using the Superior re-release was the way to go! I'm guessing that the original protection caused problems at the time of the re-release.

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I'd have to go back and look in my Exile manual but the "Important Message" looks familiar. I don't remember either of the blue cards so perhaps I never got them, though I would imagine that most people would only ever have needed one of them. ;) In terms of service, I'm sure Superior were second-to...

Make the game you want to make - then add a hard mode for Wouter.

Coeus wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 11, 2018 4:36 pm

I probably will be watching the match...

What match? Is there a game on?

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And another Dave, too! Are things getting confusing for non-Daves yet?

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Some ancient code of mine calls ColourTrans_SelectTable then OS_SpriteOp with 512+56 as the plot operation (I assume) in cases where the sprites can't just be dumped onto the screen. I imagine it would probably also work in the case where the sprite's mode and palette matched the current screen mode...

Design case history: the Commodore 64 - an interesting and refreshingly honest tour of the Commodore 64 internals from 1985, containing quotes from some of the designers and engineers involved.

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Interesting to see that the archive uses jsbeeb to run programs in the browser. Another round of applause for Matt Godbolt and friends, I think.

A cartridge with an Espressif ESP32 to provide connectivity, and perhaps also to serve ROMs from its own RAM/ROM, would be interesting. However, it would need some level shifting because it looks like a 3.3V part.

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Following a link to Hackaday, I saw a reference to this 6502 Homebrew Computer which uses a BBC Micro case to keep everything nice and tidy. Initially I thought that it might have been related to someone posting on here, but I don't recognise the name.

And I'm only teasing . . . So take no notice of my continual Electron comments whatsoever, I know the games you work-on will, probably, never be Electron compatible - If only I could contribute, I would - I think the work you do is way above and beyond - =D> I read your comment as more of a to-do l...

I wasn't suggesting that people want the feature in order to be deceptive. My perspective is that it can be disorientating if you've read an original message then the author went back to change something. If you have a memory that picks up certain turns of phrase or snippets of information that were...

Thanks for posting the link. It's very interesting to read 4am's perspective on copy protection. I wonder if the Scott Adams adventures on Acorn platforms had similar in-game copy protection checks to those mentioned in the interview. I don't think I've ever looked at those games in any detail. Does...

I only tend to "silently" edit if I'm fixing a typo, broken link or attachment. Other than for those reasons (and sometimes even for those), I put a reason for editing in the message because I think that, even if I could get away with a silent edit, I don't like the idea of tampering with a message ...

Liking the animations!

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I'd like to be able to feed my changes back into an official repository. I can import mine into a new one under the stardot organisation on GitHub if that sounds good.

myelin, I noticed that you sent me some pull requests. I'll try and get to them early next week.

Welcome at long last!

Ah, Metal Mickey, also known as Android 0.1 (Atomic Thunderbuster).

The Lass O' Gowrie looks familiar in that video. I wonder why?

Hi there! I was the one who invited you here. :) Feel free to post an introduction in the introduce yourself forum. We like to hear how people got here and what other retro kit they might have. :) Your Electron doesn't sound as bad as I had imagined. It looks like the experts will be giving you some...