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.
Posts
- Sorta listening on a conference call I'm not sure I need to be on. How about studying some code to do 32 C64 sprites? I think I will thank you. Happy Thursday! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/commodore?src=hashtag_click">#commodore</a>
- Success. This “untested” PET 2001-8N is now back in service. The whole thing was filthy and had some corrosion. Every keyboard plunger needed Cailkote and it had two bad linear regulators. Fairly easy repair. Happy Monday! #commodore #PET
- Started with zero keys working and this morning every key works flawlessly. #commodore #PET
- My phone learned a new trick.
- Took me a long time to find a decent hard cover copy of this book. Fascinating story. Edwin Layton was quite the guy.
- Not a single key on this PET keyboard worked so they are getting the full treatment. Be good as new after the 24 hour drying period for the conductive coating. Gave everything a bath while I wait. #commodore
- My very reliable PET keyboard tester
- Looking much better after a distilled water bath. Tomorrow I’ll sort out the lack of 5V power on the board. For now, we dry. #commodore #PET
- Do WAAAYY more with less
- Best writing tool ever made
- Just a little silly randomness to brighten up my Thursday morning. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/commodore?src=hashtag_click">#commodore</a>
- Someone needs a bath. #commodore
- New to me PET 2001 and it doesn’t work. Makes me a happy camper. #commodore
- Ever go looking through your stuff looking for a Tandy Cassette Deck and find something you have no memory procuring? Apparently I have a Pinebook. Huh.
- Love my Romulator. I need maybe 3 more of them. Maybe 4. #6502
- This week's nonfiction read. Quite good.
- For the next couple days, there's a humble bundle of 21 Linux books by No Starch
- Visualizing concepts
- One can’t really have too many Verilog Books.
- 20 year old life coaches