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Scott Small 🇨🇦<p>For those not following <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/m68kMicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>m68kMicroPython</span></a> development, a lot has been happening rather quickly in the last couple of weeks!</p><p>There's enough support for the Toolbox now that I've been able to re-create the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macstodon</span></a> splash/loading screen with it - see below.</p><p>Big thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.afront.org/@stylus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stylus</span></a></span> for all his hard work developing the port and making this possible!</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageMac</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicMac</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>68k</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroPython</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114889267494614758" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oldbytes.space/@smallsco/11488</span><span class="invisible">9267494614758</span></a></p>
Atari Scene News<p>New version 1.7.3 of Mad Pascal, a 32-bit Turbo Pascal compiler for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari8bit</span></a> and other MOS 6502 CPU-based computers <a href="https://github.com/tebe6502/Mad-Pascal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/tebe6502/Mad-Pascal</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a></p>
Profoundly Nerdy<p>Is there a good guide for porting various old school dialects of BASIC to FreeBASIC or at least QBASIC for which it has a compatibility mode?</p><p>I'm trying to port some old HP 2000 Timeshare BASIC and some Applesoft BASIC to FreeBASIC and I'm hitting road blocks. I'm aiming to get the projects to complile successfully in QB mode first before migrating to FreeBASIC's native mode.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/FreeBASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBASIC</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/QBASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QBASIC</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/HP2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HP2000</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple2</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/porting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>porting</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a></p>
Rod Hull - www.tfw8b.com<p>Rod Hull Demonstrates: Penultimate+3dcr TurboLoad &amp; DOS Wedge for the Commodore VIC20<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p16HUPT5f5Q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=p16HUPT5f5</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a><br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIC20</span></a></p>
Rick VA3DSO 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@chad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chad</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Chigaze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Chigaze</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@grammargirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>grammargirl</span></a></span> I was going to say as a C programmer, I’m not only using the semicolon all the time, I can get quite distraught when I miss one! 😅</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ANSIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ANSIC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a></p>
DimaLink<p>Moon - gray stone, which attracts</p><p><a href="https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/06/moon-gray-stone-which-attracts.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/moon-gray-stone-which-attracts.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/visual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>visual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qb64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qb64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videosequence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videosequence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/picturesframes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>picturesframes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cosmic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cosmic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darkness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/craters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>craters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moondust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moondust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moonocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moonocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biground</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magnificient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>magnificient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spectacular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spectacular</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mysterious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mysterious</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/graystone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graystone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grayworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grayworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunatics</span></a></p>
DimaLink<p>Frozen arctic station – monsters and weapons</p><p><a href="https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/06/frozen-arctic-station-monsters-and.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/frozen-arctic-station-monsters-and.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qb64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qb64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msdos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frozen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frozen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arctic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antarctica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/laboratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laboratory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bmovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bmovie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thething" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thething</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monsters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lost</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devlog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a></p>
DimaLink<p>Frozen Arctic Station – Menu elements, take item</p><p><a href="https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/05/frozen-arctic-station-menu-elements.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/frozen-arctic-station-menu-elements.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bitcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bitcomputers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msdos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarstation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arctic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frozen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frozen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/textquest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>textquest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrorpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrorpg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labyrinth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labyrinth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>explore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/viewfromeyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viewfromeyes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/3dview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atthestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atthestation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inventory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inventory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minimap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minimap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/qb64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qb64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devlog</span></a></p>
Rick VA3DSO 🇨🇦<p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>Hi everyone. I just moved to this server from Astrodon because I feel it is a better fit for my diversity of interests. These include: amateur <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hiking</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Scotch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotch</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroProgramming</span></a>, playing electric <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Guitar</span></a> and following <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/F1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>F1</span></a>.</p><p>I live in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> with my wife and dog, and we have three wonderful adult children (me and the wife that is, not me and the dog!).</p><p>I also run a <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> BBS:<br>bbs.deepskies.com:6400</p>
Regionales Retro-Rechenzentrum<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vixen.zone/@ry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ry</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@kalleboo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kalleboo</span></a></span> Ooooh, Think Pascal.</p><p>Back in … 1989? a club colleague introduced me to the local uni’s computer lab, filled with Mac II. Base config, 13" color screen with 640x480 in 256 colors, with Hypercard and Think Pascal on it. And some word processor.</p><p>Coming from the Atari ST, the Mac II wasn’t much faster than what I had, and the GUI was theoretically similar.</p><p>But ThinkPascal felt sooo much more advanced due to the tight integration of its source level debugger into the IDE. On the ST, debuggers weren’t integrated yet into the UI, and were cumbersome to use.</p><p>So Think Pascals step-by-step debugger and variable inspection in windows were mind-blowing for me ("how to they do this in supervisor mode, and yet have full access to high-level OS/grafport/window calls?" -- little did I know how hacky System 6/7 were).</p><p>These memories.</p><p><a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macos</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/mac68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mac68k</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/pascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pascal</span></a></p>
Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)<p>One clever thing in SK8: Their SuperCard-style ‘new' command for creating objects lets you initialize properties:</p><p>new object with objectName “Person”<br>addProperty Person, ‘name’<br>addProperty Person, ‘address’<br>addProperty Person, ‘phoneNumber’</p><p>But then instead of a SuperCard-style English-like ’define property' command, they used the nerdy ‘addProperty’ name. Not even 'add property' with a space.</p><p>4/6</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroProgramming</span></a></p>
DimaLink<p>Free Linear Space – space little animals, bugs, ants</p><p><a href="https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/04/free-linear-space-space-little-animals.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/free-linear-space-space-little-animals.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogame</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freebasic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/verticalshmup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verticalshmup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spaceshooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spaceshooter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/little" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>little</span></a> animals <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ufo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ufo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arcade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arcade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caterpillar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caterpillar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cocroach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cocroach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spacefriends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacefriends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linear</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2dart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2dart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msdos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>msdos</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/16bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>16bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devlog</span></a></p>
Atari Scene News<p>Do you want to program <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Atari2600" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Atari2600</span></a> console like it used to be done back then on an <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> computer? Now you can do it thanks to FROB card and associated software <a href="https://gitlab.com/retroabandon/apple2-re/-/tree/main/frob" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gitlab.com/retroabandon/apple2</span><span class="invisible">-re/-/tree/main/frob</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a></p>
sverx🗨️<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> Power! Competition 2025 has finally started! 😍 Let's check together each entry to this year's Coding category! 🧵 </p><p>(full list here: <a href="https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Coding-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smspower.org/Competitions/Codi</span><span class="invisible">ng-2025</span></a> )</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SEGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SEGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/MasterSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MasterSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SG1000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SG1000</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retroprogramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroprogramming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrodevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrodevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/homebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homebrew</span></a></p>
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Wintermute_BBS

Here are the latest news regading my #TMSnake #game for #rc2014 and #TMS9918a #graphics.

The video below shows the current state of affairs, and I've just added some limited #sfx to the game - however the recording below did not caputre the beepy beeps for some reason.

There is one last tweak I need to add in terms of gameplay but the final release is "coming soon" ™️ 😏

#retrocomputing
#retroprogramming
#gamedev
#forth
#dxforth

mhd

Got a PL/1 programming book today. Older than I thought when buying it for 2 eurobucks: the actual code isn't in Courier or similar fonts.

Nope, it's presented as a facsimile of handwritten punchcards.

They definitely could have gone with monospaced presentation, or even fancy proportional typeset code as was present in a lot of Algol manuals, as overall it wasn't just some mimeographed typewritten manuscript, it was all professional typography.

But handwritten ball and stick letters in a fake card grid is just how code looked to them, and thus was the appropriate skeuomorphism.

#pl1#retroprogramming
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