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Yes it was fun to do, though disappointing in the end. To help throttle attacks and give the right historical ambiance I limited output to 30 characters per se
by HocusLocus 7y ago
Yes it was fun to do, though disappointing in the end. To help throttle attacks and give the right historical ambiance I limited output to 30 characters per second... just like I first played the Fortran 77 version of C&W Adventure on a Texas Instruments Silent 700 with acoustic coupler.
- CliffStoll 7y agoWow -- you've impressed me! (and yep, I also played adventure on a Silent 700...)
- HocusLocus 7y agoKeep the roll all together on the ground and feed the thermal paper in again to print upside-down on the other margin! Good times. Saw your old calculator video with the 'sonic spiral memory'. I had NO IDEA such a thing existed! There is great value in the doggedly determined engineering of yesteryear, and there are some among the young who continue to carry the torch. Check this out if you have not seen it, Apollo Guidance Computer Restoration https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdli...