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Commodore 64 PETSCII Image (2022)

57 points by erickhill 2y ago

rfarley04 2y ago
This is awesome. I was just doing a deep dive on some forgotten C64 hardware (the PowerPad: https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Chalk+Board+Inc%22 https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Chalk+Board+In...) and love how many people are still hacking on these machines, they're so durable.
- rbanffy 2y ago
  The best part (for C64 at least) is that the C64 Maxi exists. It feels like the real thing, but has modern ports.
erwiue 2y ago
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teddyh 2y ago
Basic rookie mistake: Displaying images in 16:10, not 4:3 which would be the size they would appear as on an actual Commodore 64 connected to a TV or monitor.
Hackbraten 2y ago
https://scribe.rip/commodore-64-petscii-image-f608225714ec https://scribe.rip/commodore-64-petscii-image-f608225714ec
mkesper 2y ago
Hmm, why did the author use Perl for convsion if they didn't know it? Besides of regex (which is everywhere albeit in different dialects), I don't think Perl knowledge gives you very much nowadays.
- rbanffy 2y ago
  It teaches you the value of clear comments in the code. ;-) Not as much as APL, but, still, I can write Perl code I will not be able to understand the following week.
- layer8 2y ago
  Here is the Perl script: https://github.com/8bitsten/public/blob/main/c64/stormtrp/prefix_lines.pl https://github.com/8bitsten/public/blob/main/c64/stormtrp/pr... Perl is ubiquitous (installed on virtually every Linux system) and has had excellent backwards compatibility for decades. It’s hard to beat in that combined metric.
fdsas 2y ago
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card_zero 2y ago
Oh, LIST-1050, list up to line 1050 and stop. It took me a while to see how the data for 40 characters was being turned into 1000 characters (answer: it wasn't).
rbanffy 2y ago
Another computer that has a well thought out set of graphic characters is the Sharp MZ series. The best part is that it’s all part of Unicode now and a lot of terminals and fonts support them.
- mmooss 2y ago
  Where in Unicode, do you know?
  - teddyh 2y ago
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharp_MZ_character_set&oldid=1257386948 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharp_MZ_characte...>
afdrewq 2y ago
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layer8 2y ago
A nice C64 PETSCII gallery: https://tomseditor.com/gallery/browse?platform=commodore&format=petscii&sort=score https://tomseditor.com/gallery/browse?platform=commodore&for... (first of 44 pages)

57 points by erickhill 2y ago

This is awesome. I was just doing a deep dive on some forgotten C64 hardware (the PowerPad: https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Chalk+Board+Inc%22 https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Chalk+Board+In...) and love how many people are still hacking on these machines, they're so durable.

rbanffy 2y ago
The best part (for C64 at least) is that the C64 Maxi exists. It feels like the real thing, but has modern ports.

erwiue 2y ago

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teddyh 2y ago

Basic rookie mistake: Displaying images in 16:10, not 4:3 which would be the size they would appear as on an actual Commodore 64 connected to a TV or monitor.

Hackbraten 2y ago

https://scribe.rip/commodore-64-petscii-image-f608225714ec https://scribe.rip/commodore-64-petscii-image-f608225714ec

mkesper 2y ago

Hmm, why did the author use Perl for convsion if they didn't know it? Besides of regex (which is everywhere albeit in different dialects), I don't think Perl knowledge gives you very much nowadays.

rbanffy 2y ago
It teaches you the value of clear comments in the code. ;-) Not as much as APL, but, still, I can write Perl code I will not be able to understand the following week.
layer8 2y ago
Here is the Perl script: https://github.com/8bitsten/public/blob/main/c64/stormtrp/prefix_lines.pl https://github.com/8bitsten/public/blob/main/c64/stormtrp/pr... Perl is ubiquitous (installed on virtually every Linux system) and has had excellent backwards compatibility for decades. It’s hard to beat in that combined metric.

fdsas 2y ago

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card_zero 2y ago

Oh, LIST-1050, list up to line 1050 and stop. It took me a while to see how the data for 40 characters was being turned into 1000 characters (answer: it wasn't).

rbanffy 2y ago

Another computer that has a well thought out set of graphic characters is the Sharp MZ series. The best part is that it’s all part of Unicode now and a lot of terminals and fonts support them.

mmooss 2y ago
Where in Unicode, do you know?
- teddyh 2y ago
  <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharp_MZ_character_set&oldid=1257386948 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sharp_MZ_characte...>

afdrewq 2y ago

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layer8 2y ago

A nice C64 PETSCII gallery: https://tomseditor.com/gallery/browse?platform=commodore&format=petscii&sort=score https://tomseditor.com/gallery/browse?platform=commodore&for... (first of 44 pages)