Here's my #introductions...
I'm into #retrocomputing and #retrocomputers, am a #6502 fan, but I like green spaces and days which not overcast, I like science and #sf - mostly #sfbooks and stories - #computerscience, aka #cs or #compsci, I like #brianeno for his music and his thoughtful writings and funny videos, I write just a little code in #python and #javascript and #assembly and generally spend a lot of time on the internet.
Isn't the world a lovely place but in a fine old state though?
This is fun, #Forth for the #PDP-8. Newly authored, no less!
https://github.com/YulBEdwards/forth8
I haven't tried it yet; found at https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/pdp-8-history-and-operation-and-thoughts-of-focal-versus-forth/1436/26?u=elb .
Into the Cosmos! A streetview presentation of the unique #cosmonauts exhibition, held in London's Science Museum in 2015/6. Loads of #Soviet #space artefacts including full size models.
It seems that my #pidp8 have a trouble with 3 leds when i launch the pidp8i-test program ... However they're good (tested).
Boosting this video bc it deserves more attention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF-pQJA7I2M
From the description:
"Mac Toaster was my entry in to a January 1994 contest: Best QuickTime Video that fits on a 1.4MB Floppy Disk."
Why yes, of course the #retrocomputing forum has an RSS feed.
But don't be a lurker - come and join the conversation!
The #a2pico is a small expansion board for the Apple IIe bus that I'm developing. It's primarily a learning project for me so I can out the odd corners of the RP2040 microcontroller. It has a USB upstream connection, and can in theory emulate almost any expansion card, halt the processor, do DMA transactions, etc.
A very unusual thing about my approach is that the REPL is just continuously projecting the live objects, not making some kind of copy for inspection purposes... which means the "history" can be altered by mutating objects that you've previously interacted with. IMO having a live inspector as an option is useful and good, but the UX of putting it in a REPL is definitely surprising.
hp's #retrocomputing prank for today: an offer for the programmable desktop from 1968, the HP 9100A/B. Only $4900. (Not actually for sale)
RT @binitamshah@twitter.com
Recovering a whole PEM Private Key when half of it is redacted : https://blog.cryptohack.org/twitter-secrets credits @CryptoHack__@twitter.com
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/binitamshah/status/1376523805388992519
Owlet: edit and run a BBC Basic program in your browser.
Powered by #JSBeeb.
It's nearly the end of March, and my fingers still type 2012. Which isn't even an out-by-one.
interesting! https://hyperscript.org/
trustworthy computing
"... expressly designed to be auditable by individual humans. The kernel handles the allocation of virtual memory to processes, the routing of messages, and the simple round-robin scheduling. Fast message passing with Rust-like semantics to borrow, mutably borrow, or move pages between processes... enforced using the read-only, read-write, or remapping of pages between processes."
#precursor a Mobile, Open Hardware, #RISCV SoC Dev Kit
"The design of the Bank of England's new £50 note, featuring the computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, has been revealed.
The banknote will enter circulation on 23 June, which would have been the mathematician's birthday."
6502 nut; awk fan; avid reader if not for so much time online; once a chip designer; fan of one-line programs & ingenuity generally. #retrocomputing #computerhistory