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by michalpleban 1y ago
An addendum: the way you would program the CIA registers to pull the NMI low would most likely be to set up one of its timers on a very short count period (IIRC four system clock cycles is the lowest the chip can do) and make it generate th
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by michalpleban 1y ago
Yes, that's absolutely correct
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by michalpleban 1y ago
I always found Action Replay to be superior and easier to use than Final Cartridge.
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by michalpleban 1y ago
Commodore 64 software hardly ever uses the NMI interrupt, because there is also the maskable IRQ interrupt which can be generated by the first CIA chip, and also, unlike NMI, by the video chip VIC for the raster interrupt. It is also much m
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by michalpleban 1y ago
One important detail the article omits: it is possible for the software running on the Commodore 64 to prevent being "frozen" by this technique. Because the processor needs the NMI interrupt to run the freeze routine, the software
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by michalpleban 1y ago
And how is it supposed to work in China, where the Google Play Store is blocked and sideloading is very common to install apps on Android phones? Looks like Google plans to throw its Chinese users under the bus.
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Microsoft open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux(arstechnica.com)
1 points by michalpleban 1y ago|3 comments
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by michalpleban 1y ago
The Motorola 6845 CRTC chip is quite versatile, and one of its unique characteristics is that it knows and cares nothing about the resolution or number of colors on the screen. It is just a display address generator, which is meant to provi
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by michalpleban 1y ago
That's a good question. Maybe the idea is that it being live means the viewers can influence the performance, pressuring the performer in real time (without proper time to consider the ramifications of the decision) to perform acts th
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Sweden bans paying for OnlyFans content(euractiv.com)
10 points by michalpleban 1y ago|6 comments
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What Is an Idempotent Operation?(stackoverflow.com)
1 points by michalpleban 1y ago|0 comments
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Identifying almost any x86 CPU (2004)(web.archive.org)
16 points by michalpleban 1y ago|1 comments
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Core War(en.wikipedia.org)
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by michalpleban 1y ago
Indeed it hasn't, that's why I think it's still relevant.
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Why is Windows Compressed Folders support stuck at the turn of the century? (2018)(devblogs.microsoft.com)
5 points by michalpleban 1y ago|2 comments
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"Bone collector" caterpillar disguises itself in the body parts of its prey(cbsnews.com)
3 points by michalpleban 1y ago|0 comments
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by michalpleban 1y ago
Because it evaporates [mostly] from the edge, so new water flows there to make up for it.
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by michalpleban 1y ago
I am pretty sure they used this domain hack on purpose :)
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Lightweight open source reCaptcha alternative(github.com)
113 points by michalpleban 1y ago|70 comments
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Hacker News Dark Mode (Chrome Extension)(chromewebstore.google.com)
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The effect of ChatGPT on students' learning performance: meta-analysis(nature.com)
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Building an avocado ripeness detector using machine learning(medium.com)
1 points by michalpleban 1y ago|1 comments
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Why are coffee stains darker at the edges?(why.is)
135 points by michalpleban 1y ago|45 comments
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The pink color doesn't exist(medium.com)
1 points by michalpleban 1y ago|1 comments
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Design and evaluation of a parrot-to-parrot video-calling system (2023)(smithsonianmag.com)
139 points by michalpleban 1y ago|71 comments
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The Origins of the IBM PC(os2museum.com)
4 points by michalpleban 1y ago|0 comments
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X-rays from an overdriven magnetron [video](youtube.com)
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Nobody wants the A20 gate, but it continues to haunt us(aeb.win.tue.nl)
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The first machine that ran DOS (and without the 640kB barrier)(dosmandrivel.blogspot.com)
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How many bytes can you pack on a floppy, and how to hack the FDC to achieve it(os2museum.com)
6 points by michalpleban 1y ago|1 comments

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