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The Humble “Glass Teletype” and the Lazy Programmer…

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Gordon

Way back we had mechanical output devices for our computers. These were big, slow, noisy and really a spill-over from the days of the telegraph, but they fulfilled their purpose and much code, including early Unix was written using them. … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, 65816, BCPL, General Update, retro

My Ruby 816 project

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Gordon

Brief post to say that I’ve now gotten round to writing up my Ruby 65816 SBC system. Hardware is working well and the software is slowly progressing. Details here … Continue reading →

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A Day at the Races

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Gordon

We have a nice point to point racetrack in (near) Buckfastleigh, so today we went over for the first race of the season. One of the horses that is stabled/trains at the yard where I ride out from was racing … Continue reading →

Posted in General Update, horse, Out and About, video | Tagged horse, point to point, racing

Home Artisan Microbakery – 3/3

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Gordon

Stage 3, but if you missed it, then back to the mix and knead step… or  back to the preparation step… The Big Bake The next morning comes – round about 5:45am and the dough has risen! Hooray and up … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, General Update | Tagged artisan, bakery, bread, food, microbakery

Home Artisan Microbakery – 2/3

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Gordon

Stage 2, but if you missed it, then back to the preparation step… The Big Mix Preparation takes place usually at about 3-4pm. A few hours later round about 7:30 to 8pm, it’s time to mix and knead up the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, General Update | Tagged artisan, bakery, bread, food, microbakery

Home Artisan Microbakery – 1/3

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Gordon

A few of you may know that I do the home artisan microbakery thing. My pages for that are over here: http://moorbakes.co.uk/ but in these posts I thought I’d show you a day in the life … I make mostly … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, General Update | Tagged artisan, bakery, bread, food, microbakery

Video Demos..

Posted on August 18, 2019 by Gordon

I’ve just watched Dave Murrays demo of his “Vera” video card moving some balls round the screen. Initially confused by how it was working, but now understand that it’s to do with the way the colour works in text-mode, so … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, 65816, atmega, BASIC, General Update, retro, ruby, video | Tagged 6502, 65816, BASIC, ruby

Ruby 6502 becomes Ruby 65816

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Gordon

Ultimately I wanted a 65C816 system but initially settled on the 65C02 for many reasons. One was that round about the same time another ‘816 project was announced (and subsequently a 2nd, and as of today a 3rd!) so I … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, atmega, BASIC, General Update, retro, ruby | Tagged 6502, atmega, BASIC, retro, ruby

Microsoft BASIC (aka Commodore BASIC 2.0)

Posted on June 15, 2019 by Gordon

This is just a short follow-up to the last post; Comparing BASICs… There, I talked about the differences between BBC Basic and what was effectively a Microsoft BASIC (EhBASIC), however I decided to take a few moments and have a … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, atmega, BASIC, General Update, retro, ruby | Tagged 6502, atmega, BASIC, retro, ruby

Comparing old BASICs

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Gordon

Ruby 6502 has been running well on it’s PCB for some time now and interestingly enough (and curiously!) during the past few months other 8-bit projects have sprung up… This started probably about a year back when Dave, the 8-bit … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, atmega, BASIC, General Update, retro, ruby | Tagged 6502, atmega, BASIC, retro, ruby

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