Libreboot recently added U-Boot as a payload option on x86_64 machines. The photos below show a ThinkPad X200 running U-Boot.
U-Boot provides a 64-bit UEFI environment. With it, I was able to successfully install and boot OpenBSD via UEFI method on a ThinkPad X200; the original vendor firmware doesn't do UEFI!
New Libreboot release coming soon. It's the free/opensource coreboot distro I maintain, replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI firmware.
My other coreboot distro will *also* be getting U-Boot.
VEF Mikro 1025 - personal computer manufactured by the Riga Electrotechnical Plant (VEF) in 1980
#retrocomputing
ugh. picoLisp might be a small, simple system, but depending intimately on LLVM makes it virtualy impossible to compile on void :-(
A version of Missile Command for the Commodore 64 where the bottom of your screen is the game state in memory and missiles cause memory corruption, which eventually causes you to lose: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=135463.
In the video below, a missile broke my controls and caused my cursor to move down and to the left so I couldn't stop other missiles.
Now is the time I will commence working on reading and writing files on the VM/OS host system.
I know I said I would work on documentation and/or message passing at this point, but I think this is more important in the shorter term.
Basically, granting VM/OS the ability to read and write files now lets me write useful build-time tooling for VM/OS itself. For example, autodoc extractors, and example documentation validation tools, etc.
Unfortunately, this will involve synchronous calls into the emulator, I'm afraid, so use of tasks is extremely limited here. And you can't wait for results because there are no signals involved.
okay i have about 19 or 20 good looking and engaging game listings for a lil zine series about BASIC and retrocomputing!
every folder has:
- a screenshot
- a tape or disk image
- the listing in UTF-8
- the scans of the magazine from where the code was lifted
Degrowth in Scotland Handbook - Enough!:
https://enough.scot/degrowthhandbook/
Pokemon Scarlet/Violet spoilers
#pokemon #pokemonscarletviolet #shinypokemon #nintendo #switch #gameing
I have picked up Pokemon Violet again and continued where I left off in the second DLC. I decided I wanted a completely fresh team to not be over-leveled, so collected a bunch of pokemon.
I started by looking at what pokemon I already had and decided to use my shiny Glimmora, shiny Toadscruel, and shiny Altaria that were sitting in my box.
I added a Hydrapple and Archaludon to the team and finished the team off by shiny hunting for my favourite pokemon of all time, Metagross.
I am now ready to battle Kieran.
I have managed to avoid spoilers up until now so don't know what to expect. I have the same excitement I normally have for a new game and am looking forward to find out what the new legendary is.
Meeting Hydrapple and Archaludon was really fun, I had my housemate drop some hints for how to find the new pokemon without spoiling what they were.
I found the battle with Drayton particularly hard as at that stage I had 4 dragon types on my team and not much in the way of coverage but I enjoyed the challenge of finding a way to get through him with my unbalanced team. My team is a bit more balanced now but I still have a strong dragon sub-theme.
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The Kingdom of Cedrick
http://www.vic20listings.freeolamail.com/mag_popcompwkly2.html#830317kc
Popular Computing Weekly, Vol 2 No 11 (17-23 Mar 1983), Pages 8-9.
Strategy game. As the King, you face threats each year from floods, famine, bandits and invasion. Decide how to best allocate your resources. Can you survive until old age?
Controls: For each year, enter how many people you want as dyke men, farmers, guards and soldiers.
http://www.vic20listings.freeolamail.com/book_writeownfan.html
RPG construction kit, create your own RPG fantasy games. Comprises three modules: character creator, dungeon generator, and game module. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts.
#LM-3 System 301 for the #MIT #CADR is now out.
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/bug-lispm/2024-11/msg00106.html
#LispM #LispMachine revolution is nigh!
@mdhughes i dunno i kind of enjoy the experience of typing in things and checking it, it feels like meditation to me, a little.
@vidak โฆ You know in most cases they've been scanned or typed in and are on Internet Archive or machine-specific site? Search by magazine, article title will usually find it.