Damn. The server I'm on will close down. This is the second time for me in the not quite 2 years I've been on Mastodon.
I'm beginning to think that it's not very sustainable. I'd almost be inclined to give up on it but there are some interesting folks and topics on here.

Anyway, I'm open to server suggestions.

the autumn equinox was yesterday? wow that means there's only about 1 month before the autumn lisp game jam starts! put on a cozy sweater, eat a slice of apple pie, and organize your parentheses so you're ready to go when the jam begins!

join the jam here: https://itch.io/jam/autumn-lisp-game-jam-2024

#lisp #gamejam

I have to say, CRT filters on modern emulators are *amazing*; it's been years since I looked at any of them.

This just has the CRT filter, no other filter (e.g. no NTSC filter), so it looks like what a good RGB SCART cable might give you on a PVM or high-end consumer CRT.

Make sure you view this not zoomed out/in. Make sure to view the images at their exact size (that's why I provided some cropped examples).

I'm a purist. I always prefer hardware, on a real CRT. But this is pretty damn close!

#C64 question:

Say I boot the machine up in Ultimax Mode. Per the attached screenshot, the ranges $1000-7FFF and $A000-CFFF are disabled. I presume this means the PLA doesn't generate any select signals for those addresses.

But let's say my custom C64 cartridge has some logic to select a RAM chip when the bus says to read from $1000-7FFF, and provides a RAM chip wired to that region.

Under this circumstance, if I were to tell the VIC-II to find screen RAM somewhere between $1000-7FFF, would it then be able to see the RAM on the cartridge?

Panzer Dragoon Saga

🏢 Team Andromeda
📅 1998
🖥 Saturn

#videogames

I made a couple of things that some people might find useful.

- mytoots.el: Search your offline #Mastodon archive from the comfort of #Emacs and curate your old posts in #OrgMode or HTML

- ol-toot.el: An Org-mode "toot" link type for Mastodon posts that works with mastodon.el

Testing and feedback welcome

EDIT 2024-09-24: Now with better integration between the tools, improved docs

https://codeberg.org/chrmoe/toot-suite

@vidak
The Pico 2 is even beefier. I hope they fix the pin latch up problem though. I want to use it for a Smalltalk system but the Pico 1 isn't quite enough.

For those of you have doubted the use of the term 'Corporate Welfare' here is some pretty strong proof.... UK corporate tax breaks will likely cost £20bn more than they generate over the next five years (even the Treasury agrees they will cost more)

Lets be clear; the UK state (taxpayers) are subsidising corporations, while also offering policy & fiscal measure intended to 'maintain' their profits.

This is welfare for corporations!

Freeloaders?

#welfare #corporations
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/22/corporate-uk-tax-breaks-to-cost-20bn-more-than-they-generate-study-finds

What is #signalphone ?

Simply put, a mobile phone whose interface is @signalapp . My initial plan is to start with a #pinephone and install only enough Linux on it to run Signal. The purpose is to create a device that secures the endpoint to the same degree in which Signal itself is secure, and that there is no chance for O/S, vendor, other applications, etc. to do any shenanigans with your private communications.

The reason the Web became ubiquitous was because it was open and freely published, with no patents or royalties.

The more paywalls we introduce, the more subscriptions we tolerate, the more siloed our data - our planet - and our lives - become.

fellas

i have a solution to all the problems we’re having on the fediverse

we should all switch to using hypercard

Should I take Monday off “work” to see if I can build a proof-of-concept #signalphone in one day?