Chorlton_hee_hee
@chorltonheehee.bsky.social
C64, Xerox Alto, Unix, discrete logic computers. The hardware, not the games.
I can't turn my lounge lamp on because of an Azure outage...
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I can't turn my lounge lamp on because of an Azure outage...
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I look at #Commodore64 "Stunt Car Racer". Published in 1989 by MicroStyle, coded by Geoffrey Crammond. Using double buffered bitmaps, nice use of sprites, bitmap clear and engine draw, with a delta colour update, 3D Line draw, and a tweak to render more track!
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
C64 Games memories - Stunt Car Racer.
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I look at #Commodore64 "Stunt Car Racer". Published in 1989 by MicroStyle, coded by Geoffrey Crammond. Using double buffered bitmaps, nice use of sprites, bitmap clear and engine draw, with a delta colour update, 3D Line draw, and a tweak to render more track!
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
youtu.be/YbeIsthQvkU
I've been using Microsoft products since 1982. I've used every version of Windows since v3.0, yet I'm utterly astonished how much Windows 11 tries to get in the way of me doing what I want to do.
October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I've been using Microsoft products since 1982. I've used every version of Windows since v3.0, yet I'm utterly astonished how much Windows 11 tries to get in the way of me doing what I want to do.
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Honoring the Legacy of Robert Murray-Smith
Honoring the Legacy of Robert Murray-Smith
We at Hackaday are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Murray-Smith. The prolific experimenter had spent over a decade on YouTube, creating more than 2,500 videos where …read more
hackaday.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Honoring the Legacy of Robert Murray-Smith
@eventhorizonshow.bsky.social loving the podcast, but can I request 2 adjustments? Can you normalise the audio to so that the adverts don't shock me whilst I'm listening at night. Also, can you remove the faint background soundtrack?
October 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
@eventhorizonshow.bsky.social loving the podcast, but can I request 2 adjustments? Can you normalise the audio to so that the adverts don't shock me whilst I'm listening at night. Also, can you remove the faint background soundtrack?
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We fixed the vintage IBM printer at the Computer History Museum yesterday. Introduced in 1959, the IBM 1403 line printer provided fast, high-quality output, printing 132 character lines. Unfortunately, one column stopped printing, so we disassembled the printer to fix a bad hammer. Keep reading...
October 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We fixed the vintage IBM printer at the Computer History Museum yesterday. Introduced in 1959, the IBM 1403 line printer provided fast, high-quality output, printing 132 character lines. Unfortunately, one column stopped printing, so we disassembled the printer to fix a bad hammer. Keep reading...
Proud to remain on Windows 10 for another year, without paying.
October 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Proud to remain on Windows 10 for another year, without paying.
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So nice to be a guest on This Week in Retro this week. The one place to get your latest retro computer news!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
Which Way Is Up? - This Week In Retro 237
YouTube video by This Week in Retro
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September 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
So nice to be a guest on This Week in Retro this week. The one place to get your latest retro computer news!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXY...
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ICYMI, my post this week was on Hyper Sports.
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
Hyper Sports – “Six hyper-sporting events”
“Our accountant just couldn’t believe it. He thought we’d end the year with about £2,000 in profits”. So said Mark Butler, co-founder of Imagine Software, in a profile in the first ever issue of Ho…
www.superchartisland.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ICYMI, my post this week was on Hyper Sports.
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
Read about:
- following Daley Thompson’s Decathlon x2
- "the best soundtrack yet heard on any micro this side of the solar system"
- Imagine's "fanciful stories of teenage programmers earning £35,000 a year"
www.superchartisland.com/hyper-sports
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practical wireless, magazine, cover (1974) searle.x10host.com/TeleTennis/P...
September 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
practical wireless, magazine, cover (1974) searle.x10host.com/TeleTennis/P...
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Enhanced Definition TV: “A Poor Man’s High-Def”
Enhanced Definition TV: “A Poor Man’s High-Def”
Although to many of us the progression from ‘standard definition’ TV and various levels of high-definition at 720p or better seemed to happen smoothly around the turn of the new …read more
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September 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Enhanced Definition TV: “A Poor Man’s High-Def”
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be sure to check out this Humble Bundle which includes my book, Open Circuits, along with other great titles! (Game Console is one of my faves.)
🚨Our Electronics for the Curious @humblebundle.com is now LIVE. Pay what you want for up to 21 books worth $500+. Build circuits, robots, and gadgets that actually work. Plus: support @eff.org. www.humblebundle.com/books/electr...
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
be sure to check out this Humble Bundle which includes my book, Open Circuits, along with other great titles! (Game Console is one of my faves.)
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We're canceling Disney subscriptions and the website is stalling out and won't log in. Seems like there might be excessive traffic for some reason..
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
We're canceling Disney subscriptions and the website is stalling out and won't log in. Seems like there might be excessive traffic for some reason..
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#MegaWang2000TurboEdition with all video and audio boards plugged in is now at 80 watts. I think it's about time to split the power delivery to the backplane.
September 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#MegaWang2000TurboEdition with all video and audio boards plugged in is now at 80 watts. I think it's about time to split the power delivery to the backplane.
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I need this multimeter badly!
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I need this multimeter badly!
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UTF-8 Is Beautiful
UTF-8 Is Beautiful
It’s likely that many Hackaday readers will be aware of UTF-8, the mechanism for incorporating diverse alphabets and other characters such as 💩 emojis. It takes the long-established 7-bit ASCII …read more
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September 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
UTF-8 Is Beautiful
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Can’t wait to play the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Thursday. Come along if you like a laugh and a song.
September 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Can’t wait to play the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on Thursday. Come along if you like a laugh and a song.
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I take a look at #Commodore64 "Arctic Shipwreck". Published by Commodore in 1983, developed by F°451 Software with music by Marton Saghegyi. It has a really nice iceberg draw, an early example of a sprite sheet, and you play a mammoth!
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
C64 Games memories - Arctic Shipwreck
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories
youtu.be
September 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I take a look at #Commodore64 "Arctic Shipwreck". Published by Commodore in 1983, developed by F°451 Software with music by Marton Saghegyi. It has a really nice iceberg draw, an early example of a sprite sheet, and you play a mammoth!
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
youtu.be/dGgzhgPe5wE
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I look at #Commodore64 "Grand Prix Circuit" published in 1989 by Accolade, it has music with samples, uses hires and multicolour bitmap modes, scanline track drawing, and dynamic sprites.
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14
C64 Games memories - Grand Prix Circuit
YouTube video by Martin Piper's mostly Commodore related memories
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I look at #Commodore64 "Grand Prix Circuit" published in 1989 by Accolade, it has music with samples, uses hires and multicolour bitmap modes, scanline track drawing, and dynamic sprites.
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14
youtu.be/zPpYLIjdq14