Subj : Re: IBM PC 5150 notes(cass,XTIDE,4xFloppy,SB+VGA) site
To   : voidstar
From : paulie420
Date : Fri Sep 03 2021 18:49:29

 vo>  hy> Very nice! I assume you've seen my various videos on alsgeeklab.com /
 vo> 
 vo>  
 vo> Just doing stuff from memory.  I wrote a game (destinyhunter.org) for the
 vo> Commodore PET earlier this year, and started playing with the cassette
 vo> tape on that system.  I actually forgot the 5150 even had a tape
 vo> connector.  I was trying to explore what is the "most complex game" one
 vo> could do in 32KB - and I mean constraints to in memory only, no file
 vo> system access.  Sort of like "the most complex arcade game."  Then I saw
 vo> that I think the game 1942 for the C64 is like 20KB, RAM only.  Wild!
 vo> Hands down they got me beat :)  My C code couldn't compete with hand
 vo> assembly.  But "most complex game" is too subjective, as it really
 vo> depends on what ROMs are available (like for audio).   I also came
 vo> across the Commander16 project, I hope it eventually comes out.
 vo> 
 vo>  I think i've taken this 5150 as far as I want to go for now.  I want to
 vo> start exploring this 5110 I got (PALM processor, huh?).   I do have a V20
 vo> chip, and I think I have an old chip puller around here- but I'm kind of
 vo> reluctant to risk this 5150.  It's running well as it is, got DESQView
 vo> 2.25 ('89 I think, pre-1990 anyway) going, that was fun - can seriously
 vo> multi-task on an 8088!
 vo> 
 vo>  Oh - and I realized something about GLX (MOD player). It has a SHELL
 vo> mode.  No joke, I was playing MOD audio at 11khz while playing BEAST. 
 vo> At 4.77hz.  So now I want to try using that shell to play some animated
 vo> ANSI while playing a MOD audio - see how that pans out.  :)  But real
 vo> job work gets in the way of the fun :P
 vo> 
 vo> BTW I came across this YT lady that geeked out Robot Odyssey ('84 title),
 vo> added mouse support.  Wild stuff :) Respect.
 vo> v*

I love hearing all Voidstars adventures in retro... along with other online folks that I follow - One day I'll get into a 5150, as I am not right now. Ugh! I have a bunch of retro, but... theres still more to collect!

Have ya'll ever heard of irata.online? (www) Its a BBS-like system that many different retro systems can connect to - Atari, C=, DOS, etc.

Anyway - I hope to keep following all of ya'lls experiments and hardware.... keep it coming, rockstars!! w00t w00t!



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