have a lovely little BASIC listing (:
This version of Chase was written for SWTP 4K BASIC. The idea for this game came from Creative Computing. There are a high voltage fence, 15 high voltage posts, and 5 robots all out to get you. As you move, the robots will always take the shortest path toward you. Your only chance is to run them into a post or each other. If you can destroy all 5 robots, you win! I found that many times more than one move could be made without the map, so the printing or not printing a map was written as an option in the program. This program should run on most 4K or 8K BASIC with minor changes. (For in- stance, to run this on Altair 8K, the random number statements must be changed.) Good luck with your Chase.
source: https://archive.org/details/Kilobaud197702/page/n49/mode/1up
Interesting, this works, ran about 45% faster in my quickie test in emulator. What's it like on real hardware?
On Atari there's a "fast mode", but it turns off the screen. Used to use that in long processing like fractals, hours generating one screenful.
#retrocomputing #coco
created a new retrocomputing space on matrix
could not find a recently active one https://matrix.to/#/#retrocomputing:matrix.solarpunk.au
I've been doing way too much assembly recently...
Someone on Tumblr was complaining about a remake costing $79CAD and I read it as a hexadecimal literal.
had a weird minor fiasco today regarding matrix-synapse
my quick and dirty solution required hard-coding some JSON into an nginx reverse proxy
i am not so much bothered by the bizarre changes that broke my matrix federation, than the complete disregard for program correctness
it's a little like trying to clean your apron by pouring more and more filth onto it
https://federationtester.matrix.org/#matrix.solarpunk.au
honestly if HAM radio makes half as much sense as matrix i will probably be now doing that...
Juice Galaxy
https://fishlicka.itch.io/juice-galaxy
is going to $5.00 instead of $0.00 on Dec 7, so you should grab it now. Or give the author money anyway, because it's worth it.
It's a *fantastic* game. Maybe one of the greatest weird-ass things ever. Goat Simulator, Saints Row, kinda thing, open world insanity.
#videogames
Back in the dirt ages, computers were enormous things. Some of them were the size of your hand. Really enormous ones could be the size of your torso. They hooked up to household power, hundreds of volts (and people TOUCHED these things!). They were so inefficient they needed cooling fans, like they were some sort of information furnace.
These days we kind of forget computers exist, they're just there, woven into the nanomaterials of our homes and furniture and appliances. Only those of us who write software for them really notice them. This can be a problem, if you've had one rice-grain-sized compute unit go berserk and start sending out spurious notifications. I'm wandering around the building with a scanner, but I did too good a job implementing stealth mode, I can't find the little blighter. I really hope I don't have to EMP-burst the house (again) to make this one JUST. SHUT. UP.
created a new retrocomputing space on matrix
could not find a recently active one https://matrix.to/#/#retrocomputing:matrix.solarpunk.au
I accidentally tried to upload 7gb of star trek episodes to mastodon
that was a terrible mispaste
The nav bar on 100r.co was getting a bit too long(so much content), and it was causing problems on mobile.
So, we now have all of the content nested under 5 categories, each represented by an algae-eared rabbit :).
(note that I'm still working on the website at the moment ^^)
hi please don't forget this is a project i also maintain
"Originally, the people's permacomputer project was an attempt to physically realise a permacomputer. After thorough research into the contemporary efforts to build small, accessible and easily constructed hobbyist computers, it became clear that the task of the permacomputer project was not necessarily to adopt or replicate the efforts of the actual great numbers of others.
"Luckily, the focus of this project was always broader than just something concrete and tangible. We also suggested the development of a list of suggested social and cultural practices around computing that would assist in the continued human practice of electronic computing."
#lispyGopherClimate Pre-rec today. I got pulled away again.
000UTC every Wednesday on https://anonradio.net:8443/anonradio
#peertube Fallback: https://toobnix.org/w/cPtNtBAUwrjsjHVrk8unXW
AI scams against real crises #climateCrisis
#lisp #commonLisp
Richard C. Waters' Series and XP pretty printer
Warning: Waters' Series is just better than me. Those feels when.
https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman/113491696377433762
#Lispmoo2jam #lispmoo2 #lambdaMOO
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/113497279684399296
jmbr's #maxima -interface : https://mastodon.sdf.org/@screwtape/113500172365871549
The actual outcome of this election with ā¢the whole US populationā¢ as the denominator:
22% voted for Harris
23% voted for Trump
<1% voted for other
26% eligible but did not vote*
28% not eligible to vote
* (whether by choice or by voter suppression)
Numbers might shift a tiny bit as last votes are counted, but this is close to the final tally.
Just sit with that for one quality minute. Think about what stories people are telling about this election. Then think about what stories are true.
@alcinnz @permacomputer was a little project i started a while ago to answer this question!
i seem to remember you can make gallium-arsenide transistors by hand
i personally would not be opposed to going back to 70s/80s microcomputer technology, it was very educational and promoted literacy
Lets say your region becomes isolated for some reason: How'd you build computers in that situation?
If I understand correctly there's plenty of factories around the world capable of manufacturing 1980s-era microchips. And if your region doesn't have one, projectors can with some effort be repurposed to write microscopic circuits onto photosensitive silicon.
You'd still need to find somewhere to get the materials... And purify them... I don't feel qualified to comment on that!
1/3?
mastodon was created on an abandoned oil rig by gargron, a mad scientist's creation, to steal the dreams of its users because he is himself unable to dream