I write about the past, present, and future of technology across three sites. imapenguin.com explores retro computing and programming fundamentals, milkcrunch.com covers modern software development and engineering culture, and evadot.com examines commercial spaceflight and the new space movement.
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RSS- I’ve owned many many many laptops over the years. The one is my favorite.
- 10 minute lunchtime progress: Making headway in Cipher Series Part 6 where we talk about the magic of XOR in data integrity and then encryption. #commodore #c64 #retro #security
- Strange flickering after I installed the JiffyDOS mod on my 128. Quite uncharacteristic of me, I did not inspect this switch carefully. Something seems off… :)
- It just occurred to me that Choose Your Own Adventure is CYOA. Huh.
- Almost finished with the 6502 board while listening to @GUp80s read choose your own adventure stories. Missing a latch switch. Where’s a Radio Shack when you need one?
- The c0pperdragon mod has a default pallet that's just not my cuppa… luckily it's editable. How it started vs how it's going. MUCH better.
- Finding the Prodigal Easter Egg inside the Easter Egg on a Commodore 64 · imapenguin
- Quick post: Determining length in Commodore Assembly · imapenguin
- Recording a video response to the @8BitShowAndTell Easter egg(s) on the vinyl album video. I think I need a bigger desk. Let’s sell the house! #commodore #c64
- And the answer is:
- Okay, how long do you think this rig will run on an old 20 amp hour battery with the screen at full brightness? I want the 4 hour square. I gave it some work to do to keep it from sitting idle.
- Cannibalizing an Easy Flash case for @adrianglz64 Snappy cart. The wifi module even fits. Time to get to work on this thing.
- 128 jiffy dos time. Maybe it’ll start playing nicer now. #commodore
- Wyze watch came today. On the left: $20, on the right: $420. One of them will make it almost 24 hours on a charge. The other one will make it more than a week.
- Still waffling on which machine to use in this. If I go with "TheC64" from @THEC64_RGL it's 5V like the monitor I'm using so an off the shelf phone battery makes this completely wireless. To use the Ultimate 64 I do have these voltage converters that would work.
- Okay, I got both @8BitShowAndTell Easter eggs on the prodigal album. Finally. Yes, it’s what I did on a Friday evening (also my birthday). My wife helped. Took… a while and a whole legal pad page of notes to get. Well played Sir Robin. Video on it coming soon.
- If you REALLY want to get into the weeds on how I figured out the @8BitShowAndTell Easter Egg(s) inside the Easter Egg on a 35 Year old album on a 35 year old computer then you're in luck, this video is for you!
- Stillll working on this @8BitShowAndTell easter egg. I got one of the two...
- Still iterating on the portable C64 design. I’ve got a list of changes to make, but field testing today has been successful. #commodore #c64
- Very cool delivery from @gregnacu, Commodore compatible controller with switchable fire button function and Chicken logo patches. Nice!