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Research in general… eBike specifically

I like to have a subject to research. Something to sink my teeth into. Especially when I’m board… which I am now. Usually it’s computer related. In this case it concerns eBikes. I’m not doing my heart a favor, by just sitting in front of a screen all day. I already ride a regular, non …

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Posted bybillbApril 22, 2025April 28, 2025Posted inBike, Computer

z390… exciting news

The main developer Don Higgins retired just over a year ago, and the project basically stagnated. For some reason I decided to see if anything was happening with this cool z390 mainframe assembler emulator. And surprise there was a note on their z390 Google Group, saying on April 5th “we’ve had a good meeting earlier …

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Posted bybillbApril 18, 2025April 18, 2025Posted inComputer

Export/import Geo Tracker data

I first talked about this app here. For some reason, the map on my Android Geo Tracker app wasn’t displaying… just a white screen. So I wanted to export the data to Linux and use my GPX Viewer, to see if it worked. And, as I suspected… it did! A bike round trip to my …

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Posted bybillbApril 17, 2025April 18, 2025Posted inComputer

Bought new Steam game

It’s not a new game… but new to me. It’s called American Truck Simulator. I haven’t bought a Steam game in years. And I like simulators. How do you go wrong for $4.99? Ironically the graphic card they recommend for Linux is the one I just bought. I like simulators, however on the surface… the …

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Posted bybillbApril 15, 2025April 18, 2025Posted inComputer

X-Plane 11 Custom Scenery

Was trying to make it look better. Had “HD Forests” for improved trees. But I think I just convinced myself it was an improvement. So I found VTrees it didn’t seem like an improvement either. I forgot how difficult it is to add Custom Scenery. I kinda understood it at one point. Anywho, back to …

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Posted bybillbApril 14, 2025April 14, 2025Posted inComputer, X-Plane

Interesting Google Maps stuff

35°53’19.1″N 117°40’20.3″W37°14’46.49″N, 115°49’24.63″W

Posted bybillbApril 12, 2025April 13, 2025Posted inComputer

Oscar Showed the PiDP-1 on X

Here’s his original pic with spacewar controllers. I cropped and scaled it up for comparison.

Posted bybillbApril 11, 2025April 11, 2025Posted inComputer

Some sites ridiculously try to resume at the same spot

I’m looking at you… YouTube and Pinterest. At browser start, they attempt to put you in the same spot, you were last at. So if you were halfway down a page they try and put you halfway down a page, as if you’ve seen everything above this spot. However they’ve refreshed the page with new …

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Posted bybillbApril 11, 2025April 13, 2025Posted inComputer

No new projects

For years I always could come up with a new project to work on. But haven’t come up with anything meaningful for maybe over a year. For a while I really enjoyed emulating old computer hardware and OSs. Especially ones I worked on. Such as IBM 360/370 mainframes and DEC PDP-11 and RSTS/E. Mostly I …

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Posted bybillbApril 8, 2025April 18, 2025Posted inComputer

Altair BASIC Source Code

The printout is over 150 pages of Intel 8080 assembly language, here. In this article, Gates says that Altair BASIC was inspired by the January 1975 copy of “Popular Electronics” magazine. Which has been the cover photo for my log/blog since I began it. In this article, they says it feels like yesterday when he …

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Posted bybillbApril 3, 2025April 3, 2025Posted inComputer

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