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 never cared for the 80 Column hacks for the Commodore 64, but I love the Mandelbrot PETSCII program on the PET 8032 so much I could not resist. On this weeks episode of “Stupid Races Between Old Computery Things" PET vs C64(80 columns) vs 128 (10x speed) #commodore
- I acquired this white TI nspire today. It’s disqualified from being on my episodes of “Stupid Races between old computery things” because it’s not old and with an ARM9 @ 396 MHz is more like a baby Raspberry Pi than a calculator. Still will be fun though.
- Slipped out to the Christmas tree farm yesterday during lunch.
- I'm always looking for something to do with an 80 Column PET. Mandelbrot in PETSCII might be cooler than any high res versions I've seen. Real-time took about 13 mins. #commodore #mathisfun
- Barnsley Fern on Apple IIe, Commodore 64, and TI-84. The 8-bit machine videos are sped up 300% to match the much faster calculator render speed so they complete at similar times. This was VERY satisfying to do. #TI #commodore #appleIIe
- I think today's learn something every day is going to be to take this Apple II Barnsley Fern (sped up) and port it to a #commodore
- What? I'm just sitting here thinking about how to best do recursive backtracking in BASIC... #commodore
- I’ve had a train under our tree for 20 years. Caleb is moving to Texas right after the holidays so it seemed like a good idea to get him his own so he can start his own traditions. We happen to have two trees this year so…
- Rainbow on the runway this morning
- I do this same walk loop every weekday I work from home. Typically after lunch. It’s 3.26 miles. Just a couple shots from today as the leaves are really starting to turn now.
- I have hunted for and acquired a lot of wonderful vintage technology pieces over the last year. This is easily my favorite of them. I use it every single day. 1962 was a good year for these.
- What the hell? Did they use MT RAM? Another thing I really wish I hadn’t spent money on this year. Arg.
- The amateur mathematician in me has to believe that there’s an excellent chance that I’m the only person on the planet doing #NaNoWriMo21 on a Commodore Plus/4. Living dangerously:)
- Doing some AT backpacking this week. This is what the vertical looks like in the section we'll be on ;-) It's brutal #commodore
- With very little help from me, young guy I'm tutoring in math took this C64 book listing he found and "ported" it to his VIC-20 including sound. Pretty soon he wont need me. Awesome sauce. #commodore
- Well @8BitShowAndTell I finally found my original C64 Pac-Man cartridge. Can confirm it has that same title screen bug. I did find one online that someone fixed. Well at least they fixed the fruit anyway. Put that version on my UltimateII+ #commodore
- A young person asked me to help him port this to the VIC-20 so he can play it. I'm aware of a port already, but if we actually do the port together there's more opportunity to learn so we're gonna do that. #commodore
- Very happy with progress this morning. So good to be back at this. Tail is back on it, closer to being permanently mounted. That skin on the front is going to need a fair amount of trimming next. #myzenith750
- Was making a plaque on the CNC for my “wall of shame” to showcase stuff I’ve screwed up on this plane build. How’s setting the depth incorrectly and slamming the router head into it for irony? Scratch one plaque and expensive bit. Pro Tip: Screwing up is just learning.
- Today is the first of 9 days off in a row for me. Despite the fact that it’s still dark out and 43 degrees (F) inside the hangar, gonna route some fuel and brake lines. #myzenith750