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91.
A New Tiny Basic for the 6502(projects.drogon.net)
17 points by elvis70 3y ago|2 comments
92.
by elvis70 3y ago
The lines of BASIC code are tokenized according to the shortest words.
93.
by elvis70 3y ago
Not the GP but you can find it on the "HEBDOGICIEL, les listings" Website [1]. Deulignes section, page 15 [2] (Casse-briques by Laurent Auble). Published in issue 104, page 12 (second box) [3]: 1 SPRITEON:IFK=2THENR=-2:B=2*S
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ASxxxx Cross Assemblers(shop-pdp.net)
3 points by elvis70 3y ago|0 comments
95.
by elvis70 3y ago
Didn't Microsoft published a Word document from a "pirated" Word release in the past?
96.
by elvis70 3y ago
Microsoft Pascal was a two-pass compiler. It was slower to compile than Turbo Pascal and that pissed off Bill Gates when he realized than Turbo was the most successful.
97.
Doom for 16-bit DOS computers(github.com)
151 points by elvis70 3y ago|96 comments
98.
Port of 2048 for the Apollo Guidance Computer(github.com)
2 points by elvis70 3y ago|0 comments
99.
The Mathematics behind Font Shapes (2018)(jdhao.github.io)
2 points by elvis70 3y ago|0 comments
100.
Testing Trident Ballistic Missiles(pdxjjb-digital.blogspot.com)
1 points by elvis70 3y ago|0 comments
101.
Why Tcl?(gist.github.com)
181 points by elvis70 3y ago|151 comments
102.
Implementing Co, a Small Language with Coroutines #4: Adding Channels(abhinavsarkar.net)
1 points by elvis70 3y ago|0 comments
103.
The Stanford Pascal Compiler(bernd-oppolzer.de)
74 points by elvis70 3y ago|16 comments
104.
by elvis70 3y ago
Archive of the original website of the distribution: [0] This takes advantage of the UMSDOS filesystem driver [1]: > All the Linux files will be installed in a normal FAT directory (usually c:\LINUX). This directory is then mounted b
105.
by elvis70 3y ago
Related to this recent submission: "Idle DR-DOS" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35931368 (29 comments)
106.
by elvis70 3y ago
Bill Gates confirmed this in an interview published in PC Magazine in 1997 [1]: ..."Once we convinced IBM to go 16-bit (and we looked at 68000 which unfortunately wasn't debugged at the time so decided to go 8086)"... [1] ht
107.
IBM PC 8088 replaced with a Motorola 68000(microcorelabs.wordpress.com)
123 points by elvis70 3y ago|97 comments
108.
Building an Intel 8008 Computer “Clock” (2006)(8008chron.com)
30 points by elvis70 3y ago|1 comments
109.
by elvis70 3y ago
It uses the Virtual 8086 Mode of the 386. The Intel 80386 Reference Programmer's Manual explains that well [1], I think. So, in this case, the first mega of RAM, containing MS-DOS and the BIOS is virtualized in a VM86 box while the CPU
110.
by elvis70 3y ago
It will only work from real mode because it is, in fact, a VM86 mode monitor. So no EMM386, Windows in 32-bit mode or OS/2.
111.
by elvis70 3y ago
Previous thread (102 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28572681 It seems to be using the VM86 mode of the 386 ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_8086_mode ). So it won't work if y
112.
by elvis70 3y ago
1994 or 1995? This video (with 13 extra seconds at the end) is also available on the same channel with another title (The Early Days of Computer Shopping: A 1994 Betacam SP Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eACEHVceYl0
113.
by elvis70 4y ago
Oceania is not Australia. After the Wikipedia article: "Oceania is a geographical region which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia".
114.
by elvis70 4y ago
There is also Mike Horn [1]. He has written several books about his expeditions. Lattitude Zero: "In 1999, Mike set off on an 18-month voyage to circle the equator on foot and by sailing. Conquering the Impossible: "In 2002-04, Mi
115.
Simple CPU Design(simplecpudesign.com)
3 points by elvis70 4y ago|0 comments
116.
MINIX from Scratch(github.com)
280 points by elvis70 4y ago|94 comments
117.
by elvis70 4y ago
From memory, it could run on a 286. Here is this version running on a NEC V20 at 9.55 MHz, an Intel 8088 clone, but was closer to the 80188 : https://twitter.com/Jameshhoward/status/1612900164745981953
118.
Wolfenstein 3D with a CGA Renderer(github.com)
147 points by elvis70 4y ago|42 comments
119.
Debugging a Crash in OpenRCT2(voidstar.tech)
79 points by elvis70 4y ago|17 comments
120.
by elvis70 4y ago
Put 1234 in 40:72 (E 40:72 34 12 in DEBUG) before the JMP FFFF:0000 to do a warm reboot, this will bypass the self-test portion.

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