Post AvQxasg4R7L3ffdc3s by rox_lukas@cmdr.social
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(DIR) Post #AvQvgV90e5BgVsj57Y by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-23T20:40:52Z
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I think I'm gonna make an 8-bit micro version of VGAPride (my program for displaying pride flags on DOS)Obviously the best form for this to take would be a magazine of type-in BASIC programs
(DIR) Post #AvQvukAHb1rx9X74CG by trevorflowers@machines.social
2025-06-23T20:43:29Z
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@foone Or an audio file that we could record to tape and then decode.
(DIR) Post #AvQwC7nsxeTxOEvOwy by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-23T20:46:35Z
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TRS-80 CoCo, Apple II, C64, ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bits... probably at least one thing acorn/bbc.
(DIR) Post #AvQwIlevgy7ajlu4Bs by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-23T20:47:46Z
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@trevorflowers oh yeah, as a set of tapes for different systems, that'd be sweet too
(DIR) Post #AvQwZrZaxPgi0BYm2a by Canageek@wandering.shop
2025-06-23T20:50:47Z
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@foone C64? Or is that too powerful? (Was it more then 8 bit?)
(DIR) Post #AvQwciLXiacMFrLYDB by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-23T20:51:21Z
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@Canageek nah, it's 8-bit. It's got a 6502 for a CPU
(DIR) Post #AvQwfWk1K3aL8A8YWO by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-23T20:50:53Z
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maybe I should see if the Usborne illustrators can be hiredhttps://usborne.com/us/books/computer-and-coding-books
(DIR) Post #AvQx3J7Nco5zpSP1Zg by poundquerydotinfo@forum.virctuary.com
2025-06-23T20:56:13Z
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I suspect the C16/Plus 4 would be good ones too, they had excellent colour palettes despite their unpopularity.CoCo will be pretty difficult. The others... maybe dithering will help with the C64 and Spectrum?
(DIR) Post #AvQxHYHA47aCtUlnua by Canageek@wandering.shop
2025-06-23T20:58:49Z
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@foone I think my Dad sold of the last of his C64 sadly
(DIR) Post #AvQxasg4R7L3ffdc3s by rox_lukas@cmdr.social
2025-06-23T21:02:15Z
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@foone aaaah type in listings! That's how I learned BASIC when I was 6 years old. Amazing times!My parents way to teach me how to program:- here's a computer- but it has no games on it- wanna play games? Well, here is Bajtek- type type type on error goto type type
(DIR) Post #AvQyrE7eZYLYlitisK by humbird0@mstdn.party
2025-06-23T21:16:26Z
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@foone I can already see the program in my head. About 6 lines of commodore basic. That thing let you inline the color codes in the print statements.
(DIR) Post #AvQz3sv2iXh0lw2Ehk by retroswim@bitbang.social
2025-06-23T21:18:44Z
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@foone For some systems (looking at you, Apple II), you may even have to fiddle with the NTSC phase/hue to display some flags by "expanding" the pallette. Bug or feature?I wonder if you could even have one flag that becomes another, just by adjusting the phase??Seems like a fun project!
(DIR) Post #AvR0bvJiPNBu0dN0me by scruss@xoxo.zone
2025-06-23T21:36:01Z
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@foone tbh, I didn't expect the Amstrad CPC to make such a good job of Cool Crab. This output is from Dithertron, so would be hard to make as a type-in
(DIR) Post #AvRAql8dX9LuKGtw3M by foone@digipres.club
2025-06-23T23:30:41Z
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@Fuzz_Ra I don't know much about UK micros! I'll have to add that one
(DIR) Post #AvRX3NBxfB4Xo6i5rM by commodork@digipres.club
2025-06-24T03:39:26Z
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@foone The Atari 8-bit line would be your best choice as it has a much larger color palette.
(DIR) Post #AvSBK32ZppS4OkpK1g by KeyJ@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-24T11:10:44Z
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@foone Like so?(Mildly size-optimized; tape file is 169 bytes. Can be extended to other colors by changing the c$ constant, but orange would require dithering, which is a bit more work; also, it could be made nearly fullscreen, but that's quite a bit more complicated too.)