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- MiniPet works pretty well on my 9 inch PET CRT. Now I'm working on a way to have both the original board and the MiniPET in the case at the same time. Everyone dual boots their PET these days right? Happy Friday! #commodore #10print
- Stuck in the weeds on a couple things right now so I broke out a project from last year that I left hanging. Progress on Enigma in ML on the #c64 got my brain unstuck. #commodore
- My submission to David Amos' Code challenge yesterday
- I don’t know who at Commodore in 1979 thought that riveting voltage regulators on was a good idea, but I’m grateful for all of the rivet work I’ve done on airplanes. Could be really intimidating if you’ve never drilled rivets before. Repairing a Twitter friends PET this evening.
- Starting to think about National Novel Writing Month. If I use a VIC-20 for it and a tape deck, my working title for the novel could be "Self-Inflicted Pain." Would be fun to try. I'm reasonably sure it'll be the Apple II this year, though. #appleII #commodore #nanowrimo2022
- Well that's pretty fun. I'll have to think about some 320x200 source images that will render really well at 40x25ish ;-) #commodore
- I spend a ton of time on video calls these days. My tiny profile in a call has a PET in the shot, and the number of conversations this starts is wonderful. #commodore
- 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