Bernie @[email protected]

I love it when my wiki goes Guru Meditation...

#amiga #retrocomputing

The player is included, of course. In this case, it's the Laxity NewPlayer v21, which takes approximately 1900 bytes.

Turn on the scopes to see how it controls the 3 synth voices to generate the entire song, and check the Visuals subtabs to see it run.

When you'll realize that all .sid tunes are actually C64 programs running in the vblank interrupt, it will blow your mind.

#c64 #chiptunes #retrocomputing

The original #C64 SID was only 4154 bytes for 1m40s of great 6581 synth sound.

There's also an extended version: 3m43s of music in 5311 bytes.

https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Resolution_extended_version.sid

#chiptunes #sid #retrocomputing

Ok, the oldest of all is actually libXaw, the mythical Athena Widgets toolkit created by MIT.

Few Linux users are old enough to know what the heck I'm talking about, but most probably have it installed on their systems because it's used by something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Athena_Widgets
#linux #x11 #retrocomputing

The Mini Amiga 500 has arrived!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igEpW8QJFQ4
#commodore #amiga #retrocomputing

I have recorded over 300 Amiga demos. Here they are.

https://www.reddit.com/r/amiga/comments/t9hyg8/i_have_recorded_over_300_amiga_demos_here_they_are/
#amiga #demoscene #retrocomputing

The 8-bit Guy goes 16/32-bit with the 𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 1000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjapiUQOi2s
#amiga #retrocomputing

Arpeggio Is Underrated [C64 SID8580][SID-Wizard]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rub3EtvvbEs

(read the captions at the bottom)
#sid #c64 #chiptune #retrocomputing

A 6 byte Commodore 64 Demo
https://nickm.com/post/2021/08/a-6-byte-commodore-64-demo/
#c64 #demoscene #retrocomputing

In the video description:
"A love song to the 16 colours of the Commodore 64."
#c64 #retrocomputing 😍

Ohh! 🤩

"End credits song is "53280" by Bedford Level Experiment. Check out the music video here: https://youtu.be/lHOxmXCSqAs
#c64 #retrocomputing

Machine Language 10 PRINT size-optimized for #C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPP-EMBQPhE
#retrocomputing #programming

Why was the #Amiga so awesome?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHN8ANlR8KI
#retrocomputing

"We will continue work on new releases of AmigaOS 3.x and AmigaOS 4.x in 2022!"
https://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/

#amiga #retrocomputing

I tried building the #C64 emulator VICE from sources, and it wasn't too hard (the hardest part was remembering how to use Subversion, lol).

In spite of being an ancient codebase, it's still actively developed, with several new features and fixes for the upcoming 3.6 release:
https://sourceforge.net/p/vice-emu/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/vice/NEWS
#retrocomputing

I'm listening to Equinoxe, Jean-Michel Jarre's 1978 #synthesizer masterpiece.

As always, Equinoxe Part 5 brings back memories of this #C64 game:
https://youtu.be/pD-HpcuA6js

Loco's gameplay wasn't remarkable, but associating Equinoxe Part 5's beat with a running steam locomotive was a stroke of genius.
#retrocomputing

In memory of Sir Clive Sinclair, learn about the incredibly clever cost-saving design of the #ZX80, one of the cheapest home computers ever made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jr7Q1yJOUM
#retrocomputing

Revisiting my collection of #Amiga hardware and software.

Noteworthy pieces:
- DKB 4091, the fastest SCSI controller for several years
- DLG Pro, my BBS software
- AmiTCP/IP... yes, the TCP stack was not part of the OS, initially!
- IOBlix, a buffered multiserial card for high-speed modems
- Ariadne, a 10baseT Ethernet card
- StormC, a fast C/C++ compiler and IDE only available for AmigaOS
- iBrowse, an Amiga native web browser

#retrocomputing

Try the Icaros distribution, which includes a bunch of apps and games that were ported to AROS:
http://live.icarosdesktop.org/

#amiga #aros #retrocomputing

By the way, the AROS project is still active nowadays and has reached the point where it can boot in an x86 VM (or natively):

https://aros.sourceforge.io/
#amiga #aros #retrocomputing