I watched a YouTube video about programming books. He showed the 1st K&R C programming book, which I have. And a later O’Reilly Learning Python book, which I also have the 1st edition. Also I always seem to remember in my beginning, using Python 1.5 something. And the last image below is what this book …
Monthly Archives: April 2024
Rexx
Installed Regina Rexx using Package Manager. Then decided I’d build it myself to get the latest version. Because why not? I found a course for Rexx. They say this is the Official Rexx website. Here I go getting into a non IBM REXX, when I should be getting back to Go. I’ll do a little, …
Atari 2600 in Emulation
Really didn’t intend to but… I have to write about this, especially since I saw the Z64K could emulate it. And it is a specialty computer. And Atari makes 462 games available with this 2MB ROM set zip. Hard to believe, 462 games in a 2MB zip file. I forgot how good some of these …
Screen and portions of screen going black
This started randomly happening. I was watching some downloaded YouTube videos when I first noticed it. At first I just assumed they were blank parts in the video, but it was happening too much. So I looked at what was going on on the other virtual desktops. I saw the java emulator Z64K in one …
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Atari 800 (1979)
I should look into emulating this computer also. I thought it was a great looking computer, at the time. I really liked the look of the Keyboard. Probably the thing that turned me off the most, and probably was a big selling point, was that it could also use cartridges. It just made it seem …
Commodore 128 (1985)
Might as well mention the Commodore 128. I’m sure I wanted one too. Especially since the Z64K emultor, mentioned previously can emulate one too. Obviously it had 128 KB of memory. Sounds like a very nice 8 bit computer. But the Commodore 64, with 64 KB of memory caught my attention first (it came out …
Commodore 64 (1982)
OK enough with the Sinclair ZX Spectrum on to a computer that I wanted, but never had. Introduced in 1982. The Vice emulator was recommended but, required more work than I wanted to do. Every time I progressed in the Build some other package was not installed. So on to Z64k. Also highly recommended. It’s …
IBM virtual card punch
Cool little card punch that creates card images. Here’s another.
I emailed someone about my ZX Spectrum Fuse problem
Regarding the previous problem. I got a reply saying to try entering Took me a minute to figure out how to do the above. You first press J, which shows up as LOAD on the screen. Then you press Ctrl-P twice for the 2 double quotes. Finally you press Enter. The ending L is flashing …
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Tried to use the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer
Sinclair made other computers but the ZX Spectrum was their most successful in the UK, selling over 5 million machines. Timex sold a version in the US. I can’t deny it has a place in history, mostly in the UK. So I’m glad to learn something about it. But to me, it’s an awful, toy …
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