Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter
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#2That was actually was cooler than I thought it would be.
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#3This was really cool in person!
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#4Can you "play" this in real-time?
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#5Can you "play" this in real-time?
https://github.com/WesleyAC/plotty-bird
> It works by streaming HP-GL commands to the plotter in real time - the game gets around 20 "frames" per second.
According to the GitHub page, yes.
Re: Plotty Bird: flappy bird on the HP7440A pen plotter
#6Someone activate the Brett Victor alarm.
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#7I just realized such plotters can be useful in many cool applications (eg diy pcb).
Where can I get hold of one for cheap?
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#8I just realized such plotters can be useful in many cool applications (eg diy pcb). Where can I get hold of one for cheap?
Ebay has a tonne of them.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m...
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#9The memories of the game and the subsequent rise and then the fall (if you want to call it that) of it.
Does anybody have any updates on the developer and the game?
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#10I just realized such plotters can be useful in many cool applications (eg diy pcb). Where can I get hold of one for cheap?
We used to use the top end of the HP plotter range (approx. £12k) when I worked at one of the Big consulting engineers.
I recall we used to move them into the aircon computer room so we could run them over night for increased accuracy.