[HN Gopher] Commodore 64 PETSCII Image (2022)
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       Commodore 64 PETSCII Image (2022)
        
       Author : erickhill
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2025-03-06 03:58 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | rfarley04 wrote:
       | This is awesome. I was just doing a deep dive on some forgotten
       | C64 hardware (the PowerPad:
       | https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Chalk+Board+In...)
       | and love how many people are still hacking on these machines,
       | they're so durable.
        
         | rbanffy wrote:
         | The best part (for C64 at least) is that the C64 Maxi exists.
         | It feels like the real thing, but has modern ports.
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | Basic rookie mistake: Displaying images in 16:10, not 4:3 which
       | would be the size they would appear as on an actual Commodore 64
       | connected to a TV or monitor.
        
       | Hackbraten wrote:
       | https://scribe.rip/commodore-64-petscii-image-f608225714ec
        
       | mkesper wrote:
       | Hmm, why did the author use Perl for convsion if they didn't know
       | it? Besides of regex (which is everywhere albeit in different
       | dialects), I don't think Perl knowledge gives you very much
       | nowadays.
        
         | rbanffy wrote:
         | It teaches you the value of clear comments in the code. ;-)
         | 
         | Not as much as APL, but, still, I can write Perl code I will
         | not be able to understand the following week.
        
       | card_zero wrote:
       | Oh, LIST-1050, list up to line 1050 and stop. It took me a while
       | to see how the data for 40 characters was being turned into 1000
       | characters (answer: it wasn't).
        
       | rbanffy wrote:
       | Another computer that has a well thought out set of graphic
       | characters is the Sharp MZ series.
       | 
       | The best part is that it's all part of Unicode now and a lot of
       | terminals and fonts support them.
        
         | mmooss wrote:
         | Where in Unicode, do you know?
        
           | teddyh wrote:
           | <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharp_MZ_characte
           | ...>
        
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