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- Well it arrived. Time to work on figuring out the easter egg @8BitShowAndTell put INSIDE the easter egg on this album. I don't have a direct input to a C64, so step one is getting this program on tape. Where IS my tape recorder anyway?
- Huh, weekend todo list is done. That’s… strange. Stretch goal is to get my pack base weight under 13 pounds.
- Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. The problem child 128 is better every day
- Considering ditching TheC64 for this and going with the Ultimate64. I have these two cases for it. Both will fit. A real C64 isn’t practical for power and fitting a cartridge in the back.
- New to me 64C keyboard. Moving my Ultimate into a 64C case and want the keyboard to match.
- What? 36 degrees F IIISSS above freezing. Time to power wash the boat
- Working on the Snappy this morning for @adrianglz64</a> , why do I like this weird character thing while flashing it? Also, my capture device does an excellent job picking up the jail bars on this particular machine ;-)
- Fits in the case. Monitor and TheC64 are 5V. Both run off of a single split wall plug or a 10Ah battery. Need to design/3D print brackets(less foam please) and buy a right-angle HDMI connector. I can visit @gregnacu and his Ultimate portable in a cafe soon #commodore #c64
- I've been trying to figure out what to do with my "TheC64". I have this pelican 1490 case and a 14" very thin monitor that will fit in the lid. I need some kind of mechanism to raise it up when it's open. Hmmm... #commodore #c64
- For the first time in weeks I don't know what to make next. Blinking cursor is taunting me... #commodore #c64
- Benchmarking Retro Computers (mostly Commodore) with marginal methods · imapenguin
- Jiffies in Assembly · imapenguin
- Been avoiding this for some time.
- Finally got this 128 sorted out. 4.95 volts on the board is WAAY better than the 4.61 when I started.
- Making and Breaking Ciphers with a Commodore 64 – Part 5: Wargames · imapenguin
- More C64 Badlines fun while on Zoom calls. Running @NoelsRetroLab benchmark with the screen on vs screen off (PAL). 2.4 seconds faster.
- In High school (like 1991) my grandma bought me a bunch of electronics equipment from Radio Shack. I’ve upgraded almost everything over the years except my multimeter which finally went to multimeter heaven last week. Its replacement lacks the vintage charm though.Thanks grandma
- Calculating Pi via the Gregory-Leibniz series in BASIC on the VIC-20 · imapenguin
- Quick Post: Commodore 64 Simple Addition Efficiency · imapenguin
- 10 minute lunchtime progress: Even if I set the CPU speed on the Ultimate to 48MHz it looks like the Part 5 cipher calculations will still take 190 hours to complete. Or... 380 days on a standard Commodore 64. I may have to rethink this one a little... #commodore #c64