@kim this is definitely something I will explore.
Thank you! I cannot believe I forgot about boot sector sized programs.
2K is quite a restriction, but I think I can get something cobbled together which could make a simple bog standard Arduino Uno or Nano quite usable for some form of general purpose computing...
this may be of some interest, and was the main motivation behind speculating about computers inspired by programmable calculators:
https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/mint-a-minimal-interpreter-for-resource-limited-cpus/3037
you know how much I'm working? I'm using Microsoft Visual ProPro Professional Edition™!
A Guide for WireGuard VPN Setup with Pi-Hole Adblock and Unbound DNS
Link: https://psyonik.tech/posts/a-guide-for-wireguard-vpn-setup-with-pi-hole-adblock-and-unbound-dns/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45552049
Modern people: Modal editors are confusing!
'80s people: You don't need to move a cursor while writing text! Hit ESC and do it in a menu, that uses < > RETURN for menu choices not keys.
I thought I'd try out Bank Street Writer to see if it's faster or easier than loading all of Paperclip. Well, yes, but it's a pain in the ass. It doesn't preserve that word wrap. Saves with no extension. ",D2" is weird!!!
ALSO, learned a no-CR final line doesn't load with BASIC INPUT.
#retrocomputing #atari
I believe Mastodon (and the broader fediverse) is chock-full of [conservationist/naturalist/environmentalist] friendly geeks.
Furthermore, there's an unmet demand for posts from non-profit orgs which are working to advance these topics... and quite literally trying to save the world.
Now, if only I could point them to a post with tons of engagement, as proof... hmmm...
🐟 Pssst, I'm fishing for a boost here 🎣
#conservation #naturalist #wildlife #savetheworld #environmentalism #nonprofit #mastodon
Fitting all of my must have apps in the 11MB of free space on my TG50. As long as I don't put too many large games it's not hard to do.
turn a $5 toy into a serious-looking instrument with integrated effects! all you need is a decent thrift store, $200 of guitar effects, and a garage-sized workshop kitted out with >$13,000 worth of fab equipment...
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/11/a-casio-toy-synth-is-ready-to-rock/
@mdhughes just busy, will respond more fully later. Answer is yes.
Main motivation is--Arduino nanos are so cheap, but have 2K RAM...
@vidak Have you played with either Atari VCS BASIC, or Odyssey^2 Computer Intro! ?
VCS BASIC is barely usable for anything, hard to enter with. Just not enough RAM.
O2CI had a thick ring-bound booklet that taught assembly language, with 99 bytes storage. Kinda cool, really, tho when I got it I was already programming real computers.
https://odyssey2.info/library/manuals/us_computerintro/Computer%20Intro%20(USA).pdf
Trying to think what can be done in 2K RAM...
The computer would have to be more like a programmable digital calculator...
It could be like a little game console?
My kids asked me if I could bring them to a local punk show tonight. I thought they'd never ask 🥲🥲🥲 the kids are alright.
A command-line tool to copy a thread to a Markdown file and save all the media attachments in a directory. I use this to get a copy of my travel toots into a blog post. https://src.alexschroeder.ch/toot-to-disk.git/
i made a thing with some other people and im not entirely sure how to explain it but the website tries to do that
Still thinking about systems with tiny amounts of RAM...
You need about 2K to hold a 80x25 page of text.
A few of the text editors I have unearthed come in at around 5K.
I am still very inspired by CHIP-8, what it does in such limited constraints is very impressive.