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Porting my TinyBasic to the W65C134-SXB

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Gordon

After I was happy running GIBL (my 6502 TinyBasic) on my Ruby board, I thought about porting it – I also thought about a new project I’d like to do over the winter solstice period, so before tackling that project … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, BASIC, General Update, GIBL, retro, ruby | Tagged BASIC, GIBL, interpreter, retro, ruby

A New Tiny Basic for the 6502

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Gordon

Who would have thought that in 2023 some idiot would write another Tiny Basic for the 6502… Well, I was that idiot… Because: Why Not! It all started as something else… Over the summer just past I wrote a new … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, BASIC, General Update, GIBL, retro, ruby

Retro Basic Benchmarking with Mandelbrot

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Gordon

For a long time I’ve been writing Mandelbrot programs for fun and recently to act as a benchmark for some retro BASIC systems. The output has been variable from simple ASCII text to high resolution colour graphics. For retro systems… … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, 65816, BASIC, Benchmark, General Update, retro, ruby | Tagged 6502, BASIC, Benchmarking, interpreter, retro, ruby

Retro BASIC and BCPL Benchmarks

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Gordon

Doing some tinkering with my retro BCPL system recently and while I’ve always though it was faster than BASIC on the same hardware, I never really worked out just how much faster it really was… So as it was a … Continue reading →

Posted in 6502, 65816, BASIC, BCPL, Benchmark, General Update, retro, ruby

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

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