please see
for the skeleton code for getting the EDIT.BAS text editor working in Stefan's Tiny BASIC
the problem with EDIT.BAS as unmodified is that it is able to open multiple files at once, whereas that is not possible in the Tiny BASIC the project is using.
Morning fedi, testing a batch of MNT Amiga graphics cards and thought I'd say hi from the glow of the CRT
#archive is up everyone. #astrophysics #commonLisp #sbcl #superComputing in-the-wild.
So when people say, "what kind of places are using common lisp", 66 hours on Tufts supercomputer biggest-ever-cosmic-string-simulation is one current example.
Sprites are moving smoothly, colliding, and when turn-based they'll skip ahead (so you don't get stuck mid-square). Had to switch tilesets since the old one didn't have animation.
#cyberhole #retrocomputing
What is the origin of "inter" in Interlisp? From Introduction on page 1.1 (page 19 of the PDF) of the 1978 edition of the Interlisp Reference Manual:
"Interlisp has been designed to be a good on-line _inter_active system (from which it derives its name)."
Would be fun to make a video about the BASIC 10 liner competition that just published its results?
Spent some more time preparing to construct the VGA Terminal for the permacomputer physical construction.
The RC2014 Pico VGA Terminal schematics are garbled. It is difficult to see which resistor is connected where between the Pico and the VGA plug.
Further investigation revealed different Pico VGA Terminal projects on GitHub, with simpler documentation.
Progress has also been made on adapting EDIT.BAS to Stefan's Tiny BASIC.
Nice to see that Sunflower BASIC has entered into existence!
True inspiration.
Where does it come from? I say it resides in all of us.
It can manifest in any form, it is not a metaphysical quality.
8pm Tuesday Boston time
#lispyGopherClimate #commonLisp #astrophysics #supercomputing #softwareEngineering #archive , https://communitymedia.video/w/9kysH4ZwVuP4J4erZozqFT we will have (now done) a live interview with
https://as.tufts.edu/physics/people/faculty/ken-olum
about the recent largest-ever cosmic string simulation also introducing their new spacetime-volume pseudo-parallel simulation technique, relating to gravitational backreaction.
People sometimes ask, "who uses common lisp today".
Olum learned #lisp from John McCarthy.
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It's 1983. The best computer you can buy is a Commodore 64.
It's 2025. The best computer you can buy is a Commodore 64.
Before I look at the usual sales options, is anyone here (in Australia) interested in a Rolleiflex SL-2000F?
Incl 50mm f/1.8 and 28mm f/2.8 primes; Rollei auto flash.
Selling as I ultimately have .. enough .. 35mm SLRs.
Who wants to watch me live stream infodumping about Motif and Unix history like a greybeard?
watch recommendation, asking
does anyone have a recommendation for a watch which is solar-powered and can measure altitude and is NOT any kind of 'smart', no associated app, no wifi, no 'fitness optimization' bullshit, etc etc
I'd like to buy it used if possible but this I'll figure out later
Our website for 2025 is online! Or well, at least some of it. We hope you like green 😀
Apparently China managed to get a 100Mw sodium-ion battery facility on line last year! Sodium-ion is nice vs Lithium because the base metals are less toxic to obtain. Also, Sodium-ion is heavy, which makes it good for grid-scale (as in: never gonna move) batteries.
VIC-20 Gets ISA Slot, Networking
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/vic-20-gets-isa-slot-networking/