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Worked second time for me (on Mint) The first time it barfed was because there was a space in the filename, and the QB64 editor didn't handle it. Running on the command line, with …

This is a really nice, and very compact, way of demonstrating the terminal in action. I used it to show off my 2002 version of ASCII pacman game, since no one's going to bother com…

The third iteration of the PC strategy game, Grand Prix Manager, was meant to be in isometric. Instead of clicking on the "Designer" button, and going to a graphical database indic…

Buzzers and batteries count as electronics, imo. The experiment, as per title, is a version _without_

I'm thinking of this primarily as a Gedankenexperiment, but also as a practical idea for a game that could live outside in the (English) rain!

Handy if you want to see the basics of how an emulator works, but only have the time to read 100 lines of code.

It has - but I conscientiously recheck my threads for new insight! :) Will email you when I know everything that I have!

Given I'm UK-based, postage might be a bit steep. Let me see how much stuff _isn't_ still out there. FWIW, on most other systems I'm contactable via @marquisdegeek

OP here: Primarily to read them offline. These messages were usually part of usenet, or in emails lists, or held on (remote) servces like Mono at Imperial. You could read them on t…

I have a stack of printouts of various discussion forums from between 1991-4. Mostly chatter, but several interview transcriptions, news reports, and magazine articles that no long…

Thank you - and you're welcome! :)

No - it came from the line of code that everyone liked to type into computers at the local shop: 10 PRINT "My mate is an idiot "; 20 GOTO 10 I suspect they were inspired from the s…

[Book author here] If you have questions about the contents of the book, it's inception, etc, then feel free to ask. (I also spoke about the book at the computer museum in Cambridg…

Apparently, the first computer with a stored program. But what else can I do with it?

Now that it's almost complete, I feel happy in releasing the solve and renderer code that many might consider a cheat. https://github.com/MarquisdeGeek/HumanShader

For my personal account of FOSDEMs past, including beer, food vans, beer, and talks then I've written a diary that might be an amusing read: https://marquisdegeek.com/words_fosdem …

I've been experimenting with AI and other algorithms to expand and enhance my original leitmotif compositions. So I wrote the linked soundscape as backing for “The Raven” by Edgar …