2026-07-29T18:02:53+02:00 https://nostr.ae Thomas Cherryhomes https://nostr.ae/npub1syndzw7dgefjhg8r06emeuygpd4ge4zhyvkgfq4jmrxpvvtqdz8s0mvzh9 https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/accounts/avatars/108/291/572/887/219/032/original/ff0cabfe512cd1b9.jpg https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/accounts/avatars/108/291/572/887/219/032/original/ff0cabfe512cd1b9.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswjdza8vu0hqkh2qgnr2j7eadmrkuvy4jpy0j4p37mxjpv5af9l5qzyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g75h0wc3 Social media posts now have the reach, and efficacy of direct mail. That is to say, not very. 2026-04-13T05:53:03+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfv2clz34nlg0a8j66wqr9022p5snup73xr388s9cq8urpce0djkczyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g72usy2c I used to love software engineering...<br/>...used to. 2025-07-28T20:29:44+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqtw9av5hsqe86nspkk85k004druxv7ua8c5pheep35cyse5cl5uszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7uk84mf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywh9z4naghj6ya9fkld2kvtx093tesgt39uht7f6k5dpt9yf97ucju0czg'>nevent1q…0czg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still remember Hurricane Katrina, which left Louisiana a wreck, oh, but the French Quarter was rebuilt!<br/><br/>In the last 3 years alone we&#39;ve had multiple hurricanes, extreme wildfires, and one epic chemical spill that has left a massive wasteland in the middle of Ohio. And in each and every case, both state and federal governments did next to nothing. 2025-07-09T17:49:29+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd7dxsrvzuwl64verk9gujfflvmcpxlxx54s6waau7keycs35gx5qzyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g77pptrp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0k2rckxcp9203t97pmddczk288h5dcst0cyj49lrjmw8t2qa4qmct4kxzj'>nevent1q…kxzj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been following Wayland ever since it first appeared. <br/><br/>It has a number of fundamental improvements that I agree with, but it also has a huge number of edge cases that are still not covered. I&#39;m concerned because there is a concerted effort to completely eject Xorg from every major distribution IN THE SHORT TERM, and this will leave an unknown (and substantial) number of hardware configurations out in the cold. 2025-06-29T23:18:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv873hmppfxppmlmt6rgjlr3wy5rmt0aesxt5c05alpzva6q94yjczyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g74sa84g FujiNet is a WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems.<br/><br/>FujiNet-PC brings it to emulators.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xhjvkgd4td3pqz7szpmzly22d90t6jk8kfzmex2auv0c9pn5knqq8fs4y4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>mozzwald</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xhj…s4y4</span>)</a></span> ported it to run on the MiYoo Mini Plus, so now we have FujiNet gameplay on the go! Seen here running #Atari8bit.<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/622/028/511/884/264/original/0cc8d3bbd76f1dc5.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/622/028/522/787/542/original/399a9583d41d02b8.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-04T01:29:30+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq6506app5p0hsl4sje535w79s4qlams2eturmvamcshymrthptuszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7jp707e Stuff that needs finishing #5324590243: A version of Wizard of Wor for #NES. <br/>It&#39;s written in #C. Code on GitHub if anyone wants it before I get back to it.<br/><a href="https://github.com/tschak909/wow">https://github.com/tschak909/wow</a><br/><br/>#gamedev<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/517/535/037/365/680/original/09bd38534650ef4e.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-05-16T14:35:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszzqnwysz62jcw04ydyecdxty64vdwhxn6d8s0raczc00kgkzq5lszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7jjl0x6 “Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”<br/>― Václav Havel 2025-04-02T00:30:16+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2ypg5f8fm3d22uyfyewcm8353mxz5aczc0mgv4n3a3gygqysv8hszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g746dsc9 Hi-Res shots of the main Frob-26 board, an ATARI 2600 #gamedev system for #apple2. hopefully we can rev-eng this.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing #retrogaming<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/139/749/302/206/705/original/5e49de73b1d7b429.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/139/749/312/916/908/original/fc5dc440fbf5e0c0.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/139/749/313/018/760/original/bd229fdd1e86a431.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/114/139/749/313/124/470/original/3911db1d0fc2f2c4.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-10T20:19:24+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp4errexg5nxkrvuz8vd2n2ffjzhtyvu8xzdd64jrjy0gve0wne6qzyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7hafwd6 CP/M Users: Looking for a copy of Avocet XASM85 for a resurrection project. #retrocomputing 2025-03-04T00:06:33+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgnn5a3h52fm2cv4e52haznycl6u4vdxak389chp76eagst07cc4szyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7ezj8yq FujiNet is a WiFi adapter for ATARI 8-bit and other systems. Here we use it to pull source of @Ed_Fries Princess and the Frog (ROMOX) right from @GitHub and build it. <br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/ppbV50iHFN4">https://youtu.be/ppbV50iHFN4</a><br/><br/>#retrocomputing 2025-01-23T18:56:07+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspxc6skw2swclzg7qym50nqh3y9ymv52edum3flgjtvrusvmpl5lczyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7phvc5e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs03689nhthdccfwlj0mrww73luyh8zrsuyyyuez9u8ps5zwntm5gsngdklr'>nevent1q…dklr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>one of the greatest boons to recent day retrocomputing has been the RP2040/2350 in the Raspberry Pico devices. Its programmable IO macroblock has opened the floodgates for a whole new class of software defined peripherals e.g. PicoMem and PicoGUS on the PC... essentially deleting FPGAs and CPLDs from many designs, and replacing them with a part that&#39;s 50 cents in singles. 2025-01-04T04:16:40+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs03689nhthdccfwlj0mrww73luyh8zrsuyyyuez9u8ps5zwntm5gszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g70m3dwf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda2a9ne7m2kn3dewc4aj330pwzafx7l0d28e55v00lkuuu03p3mcld53p5'>nevent1q…53p5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>USB for keyboard. HDMI for video output. FujiNet for I/O. :) <br/><br/>Mostly because I use my systems for software development, so as long as I can run my compilers, toolchain, and test things, I&#39;m good. :) 2025-01-04T03:01:24+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszdj57kzs2hcykz0s3cjpnsj33ndrsphaymcufz0uvd2udej49tsszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7ntjrd8 For anyone who wrote MS-DOS device drivers: The Device Driver Header (DDH) ddh_attribute field specifies device driver characteristics. One of them is IBM format vs non-IBM format block device. What is the functional difference?<br/> <img src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/113/753/908/482/825/410/original/f19f9179b2101807.png"> <br/> 2025-01-01T16:54:59+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst8retapg3emqmxdfcpz5uhsau6d9s7c294k3uksynveyjh0hdryszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g794fyn6 Posted current status of the IBM PC RS232 FujiNet to VOGONS and where I need help (to debug the BIOS interface)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1317934#p1317934">https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=1317934#p1317934</a><br/><br/>is there some sort of secret social cue that I need to do, in order to get a reply on VOGONS? 2024-12-31T00:16:39+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqckj0mjt5r4c8nwyrx5dzppxluy0dd5f9njh79kufyr3wuunutgczyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7mtvk2v #CommodoreAmiga PAC-MAN WIP, using a Task for each channel, which get their own handle into timer.device, music playback becomes straightforward. Playing the PAC-MAN Theme.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing #retrogaming #gamedev<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://assets.oldbytes.space/assets.oldbytes.space/media_attachments/files/113/539/781/526/681/916/original/83b0f1f03158d040.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-11-24T21:19:59+01:00