[HN Gopher] 50th Anniversary of BitBLT
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       50th Anniversary of BitBLT
        
       Author : todsacerdoti
       Score  : 51 points
       Date   : 2025-11-20 02:47 UTC (20 hours ago)
        
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       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | _Happy BitBLT Day to all who celebrate_
       | https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/11/happy-bitblt-day-to-all-who...
        
         | trollbridge wrote:
         | Reminder to right-click, click "Get Clean Link", then open a
         | new tab and paste to avoid jwz's anti-HN referral tracker.
        
           | ChrisArchitect wrote:
           | oh, uh, can jump from mastodon then where I copied the link
           | from, sorry https://mastodon.social/@jwz/115578171906975865
        
         | HappyPanacea wrote:
         | What does this guy have against HN?
        
           | rjsw wrote:
           | Worked for too many VCs.
        
           | agumonkey wrote:
           | first time i get "*ickrolled" on HN
        
         | kristianp wrote:
         | He refers to byte magazine's article on bitblt:
         | https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-08/page/n185/...
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         | Also XScreensaver's Blitspin hack:
         | https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-08/page/n201/...
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         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTtcwb-UWW8
        
       | uticus wrote:
       | First time I heard of BitBLT was the Win-11-breaking-ColorForth
       | discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953001
        
       | lalalandland wrote:
       | Interview with Dan Ingalls here where he talks about inventing
       | BitBlt
       | 
       | www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102738237/
        
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