Installed today on free Dell computer. Will be headless, but obviously need monitor and keyboard to install. I thought I might use as a Plex server, but don’t really like the idea that the computer needs to constantly be on. So presently considering installing NextCloud. There was an option to install NextCloud which I selected. …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
OOP
Interesting topic on Slashdot Is Object-Oriented Programming a Trillion Dollar Disaster? The above topic concerns this article Object-Oriented Programming — The Trillion Dollar Disaster I am not a OOP programmer and I don’t play one on TV. I tried it at a very basic level while looking into C++ and Java. So I have looked …
New (to me) computer
Trying to figure out what to do with a free computer I got about a month ago (see June 15th). Perhaps first install Ubuntu server. Then use it for… NextCloud server Kodi Media server Plex Media server Today I’m leaning towards the Plex option!
Nostalgia
It’s fun to look back to see how far we’ve come. However I’d like to think I’m not stuck in the past. Every now and then I want a taste of Nostalgia. I don’t want to dwell there too long because there are better/newer things coming out all the time. There is constantly something new …
Super Nova
Pushing the TRS-80’s limits. The instructions from 1980 say “Super Nova is a fast-paced real-time game for one or two players. It is written in machine language which assures high quality and high speed graphics” Here is a video of it running in demo mode in the TRS-80 emulator on my Linux desktop. http://www.billslittlewebsite.com/images/SuperNova.mp4
TRS-80 Super Nova cassette image
I found my TRS-80 Level II 16K, sales receipt purchased 12/18/1979 for $849, $882.96 with tax. Also found paper instructions for the TRS-80 game that I had bought…Super Nova! So found it on the Internet and downloaded. Tried ver 1.2 which is a cassette image. Start the emulator sdltrs -keystretch 400 -autodelay -model 1 -scale2 …
TRS-80 floppy
Frustrated trying to do something seemingly easy…create a blank TRS-80 floppy! Tried creating each type JV1,JV3 or DMK using both mkdisk in xtrs and built-in menu in sdltrs.But always get some type of error when trying to write. Finally resorted to copying an existing disk and deleting most of what’s on there. Which brings me …
Move old Logs here.
Move my aging static Log system that I started in March of 2008 to WordPress 5.2.2.
Star Trek
While not exactly a visual feast for the eyes…Star Trek was a great game in it’s day. The TRS-80 version played nearly identical to the one running on my school’s DEC PDP 11 minicomputer!
Looking for Star Trek for TRS-80
Found a few working Star Trek games [called Super Star Trek], which I got running. Very cool runs almost identical to the one on the PDP 11/40 minicomputer in our computer lab at school.I had originally painstakingly typed it into my TRS-80…from a book.