Great times. I remember playing something like this on a telnet server on '96, I think they are still some servers running today: https://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/addresses.html
> But the author does themselves no favour by including this incorrect tidbit in the article: As I undertood it, that tidbit comes from Sandisk and probably targets Windows user. I also believe Windows does (or did) use…
> ...but I think the way the original VT52 handled scrolling was that it incremented a register which it used for the index of the starting line That's exactly right, pretty cheap but has some limitations like you point…
A couple of years ago I did a vt52 emulator with an fpga, no processor at all (not even a soft-processor). Just regular ram and sequential logic. You can use a simple processor for some commands, but scrolling is best…
It doesn't matter what option he was looking for (maybe nearby share, messaging, etc as shown in a latter image). The point being made is that it wasn't in the first screen and the fact that there were more options (and…
People stay in cities because there are more opportunities there and they have a support network. I have a property in a very small town around (1000 inhabitants, about 130 kms from the city) and I think it's great:…
While I agree with you (having just played a couple of nes games on an original console a couple of hour ago) aren't you missing the point of the quote? This is better than the original in a very specific way: it allows…
I think you are missing the point. Doing that for one machine for yourself: easy, cheap, maybe even fun. Doing that for 5-10 unknown machines for other people to use in a class... Each may be different, you have to…
I was just thinking about this today. I am currently forcing myself to work on TCL for a small project (I've only used it casually before). Coming from lisp I can appreciate some aspects of it, but it can be frustrating…
Why not the other way around? What's the point of using a dual core 32bit with hundreds of K of ram for, let's say, a simple automated irrigation controller? There are applications for both.
> I wholeheartedly agree with all of the above—assuming that you are your own client. Yes, I was talking from that perspective. Just to remember people that not everything has to be the best possible ever. > The…
Sorry I guess I just read too quickly and missed the part about using memories as BIG lookup tables. I am with you on this one.
Sometimes people make simple things very complex. As long as he regularly backup his work he could be using an old machine with no issues. Why does he need to backup a vm image, why encrypt it? I imagine you think he…
Most fpgas are exactly mini async srams used as LUTs. The old MachXO series I'm working on actually allows using the luts as 16x2 bits RAMS (synchronous, single port or pseudo dual port). It also integrates a d…
Yes, but it could also be a single program with commands. I think Jeff Raskin talked about something like this with Archy. You could also think about the emacs paradigm extended to non-textual objects (to me emacs is…
or the lisp machines
Great I will check it out! I got interested in the ATARI ST when I read about the VT52 extensions in the Wikipedia and I wanted to try 4 bits color for foreground/background and palettes. I have this hardcoded to…
1. It uses two clocks, both derived from the PLL from an onboard 16Mhz MEMs oscillator: 48Mhz for usb (the usb<->serial bridge is implemented in the fpga fabric) and 24Mhz for the vga pixel clock (25.175 would be the…
Yeah, the vt52 had a very primitive special purpose processor. The ADM-3A (which is even simpler) was in fact implemented with off-the-shelf ttl chips and sram (but only had escapes for cursor position, and clear whole…
Author here. Guess someone crossposted from reddit or the tinyfpga forums. This is just a side project I did while practicing Verilog but it works fine as a serial terminal for my linux box, to do shell & emacs stuff.…
Ah, but with a little practice (& patience!) you can dial complete numbers using this system. I used to call the 113 number (clock/time information) here in Argentina in this way just for fun.
I think he means too high with respect to the desktop/table surface.
The problem here is actually trademark law not copyright. The idea behind trademarks is that customers know the source of the product, so names, logos, brands, etc. are protected by it. Copyright only protects the…
I use my thumbs for control and alt on a regular (scissor type) keyboard. I remap alt to control and super to alt and have had no problem since I switched, about 4 or 5 years ago.
I suppose he meant Android is not what Stallman would call GNU/Linux (and could actually be called Android/Linux if you will). See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#linuxsyswithoutgnu
Great times. I remember playing something like this on a telnet server on '96, I think they are still some servers running today: https://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/addresses.html
> But the author does themselves no favour by including this incorrect tidbit in the article: As I undertood it, that tidbit comes from Sandisk and probably targets Windows user. I also believe Windows does (or did) use…
> ...but I think the way the original VT52 handled scrolling was that it incremented a register which it used for the index of the starting line That's exactly right, pretty cheap but has some limitations like you point…
A couple of years ago I did a vt52 emulator with an fpga, no processor at all (not even a soft-processor). Just regular ram and sequential logic. You can use a simple processor for some commands, but scrolling is best…
It doesn't matter what option he was looking for (maybe nearby share, messaging, etc as shown in a latter image). The point being made is that it wasn't in the first screen and the fact that there were more options (and…
People stay in cities because there are more opportunities there and they have a support network. I have a property in a very small town around (1000 inhabitants, about 130 kms from the city) and I think it's great:…
While I agree with you (having just played a couple of nes games on an original console a couple of hour ago) aren't you missing the point of the quote? This is better than the original in a very specific way: it allows…
I think you are missing the point. Doing that for one machine for yourself: easy, cheap, maybe even fun. Doing that for 5-10 unknown machines for other people to use in a class... Each may be different, you have to…
I was just thinking about this today. I am currently forcing myself to work on TCL for a small project (I've only used it casually before). Coming from lisp I can appreciate some aspects of it, but it can be frustrating…
Why not the other way around? What's the point of using a dual core 32bit with hundreds of K of ram for, let's say, a simple automated irrigation controller? There are applications for both.
> I wholeheartedly agree with all of the above—assuming that you are your own client. Yes, I was talking from that perspective. Just to remember people that not everything has to be the best possible ever. > The…
Sorry I guess I just read too quickly and missed the part about using memories as BIG lookup tables. I am with you on this one.
Sometimes people make simple things very complex. As long as he regularly backup his work he could be using an old machine with no issues. Why does he need to backup a vm image, why encrypt it? I imagine you think he…
Most fpgas are exactly mini async srams used as LUTs. The old MachXO series I'm working on actually allows using the luts as 16x2 bits RAMS (synchronous, single port or pseudo dual port). It also integrates a d…
Yes, but it could also be a single program with commands. I think Jeff Raskin talked about something like this with Archy. You could also think about the emacs paradigm extended to non-textual objects (to me emacs is…
or the lisp machines
Great I will check it out! I got interested in the ATARI ST when I read about the VT52 extensions in the Wikipedia and I wanted to try 4 bits color for foreground/background and palettes. I have this hardcoded to…
1. It uses two clocks, both derived from the PLL from an onboard 16Mhz MEMs oscillator: 48Mhz for usb (the usb<->serial bridge is implemented in the fpga fabric) and 24Mhz for the vga pixel clock (25.175 would be the…
Yeah, the vt52 had a very primitive special purpose processor. The ADM-3A (which is even simpler) was in fact implemented with off-the-shelf ttl chips and sram (but only had escapes for cursor position, and clear whole…
Author here. Guess someone crossposted from reddit or the tinyfpga forums. This is just a side project I did while practicing Verilog but it works fine as a serial terminal for my linux box, to do shell & emacs stuff.…
Ah, but with a little practice (& patience!) you can dial complete numbers using this system. I used to call the 113 number (clock/time information) here in Argentina in this way just for fun.
I think he means too high with respect to the desktop/table surface.
The problem here is actually trademark law not copyright. The idea behind trademarks is that customers know the source of the product, so names, logos, brands, etc. are protected by it. Copyright only protects the…
I use my thumbs for control and alt on a regular (scissor type) keyboard. I remap alt to control and super to alt and have had no problem since I switched, about 4 or 5 years ago.
I suppose he meant Android is not what Stallman would call GNU/Linux (and could actually be called Android/Linux if you will). See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html#linuxsyswithoutgnu