Anyone know the fastest/easiest way to make a game for the #c64 ? I know a little basic (but even then it's pretty slow I've read) and don't really want to learn assembly.
Artist Bryce Hudson has been collecting 20th century electronics with interesting designs. His collection is quite fascinating to me, as a fan of both science-fiction and design.
He calls it “space age” which is a good name. I find it reminiscent of mid-century modern aesthetic.
To celebrate the release of the Lucasfilm's Habitat beta footage coming soon, here's some screenshots of stuff that haven't been seen for 36 years.
These were on the end of the tape containing in-game newspapers and weren't part of the original transfer.
Here you see QLink explaining that they were closing Habitat down and thanking everyone. New info here is that they claimed it'd only be closed for a month. It was a year!
I just made a Ray Tracer in 506 bytes of x86 machine code (a boot sector) based on the amazing Atari 8-bit BASIC program by D. Scott Williamson. Source code available in the description #retro#retrogaming#x86#atarihttps://youtu.be/AZdzECF2Huw
TL;DR: I have launched my #BBS!
Find a suitable Telnet client (syncterm works reasonably well), or connect from your favorite retro machine with whichever serial-to-telnet contraption you might have. The address? Why, floppy.museum
of course! Or bbs.anduin.net, if you prefer. Welcome to the fabulous world of Bulletin Board Systems!
An important part of BBS history (as described in the fabulous documentary*) is how some of them became safe spaces for the LGBT community, allowing them to connect and, for many, discover that they were not alone. In my very tiny way, I want to honour that incredibly beautiful story and dedicate my BBS to those pioneers of on-line community building.
I also need to share a picture of the machine it's running on. The custom RAM with LEDs is provided by Siliconinsider (look them up on Tindie!), and it looks ... stunning.
The BBS is connected to #DOVE-Net, a message exchange with other BBSes around the world. I don't have a lot of files there yet (mostly old #OS/2 software), but I plan to add more in the coming weeks and months.
Connect and join the BBS community! Also, poke me if you have any problems - either here or on the BBS.
(Note: The Guest account is currently disabled due to .. can you imagine .. spamming!)
🕘 December 2009: Maybe you were upgrading your computer to the new Windows 7, or checking out Ubuntu 9.10. Perhaps you were pouring all your free time into Valve’s ridiculously fun survival shooter Left 4 Dead 2. And maybe, just maybe, you were eagerly anticipating installing Thunderbird 3.0…
Step back into the Thunderbird Time Machine as Jason looks at what made this such a landmark release!