@fuzzweed.co.uk Line must go up!
@fuzzweed.co.uk I think in some cases it’s a design choice. As an early Twitter and Instagram user I was baffled that things like Snapchat are so awful to use. They break UX “rules” and obfuscate features because that has cachet with younger folk who don’t have those established norms …and keeps the oldies out.
@barrytopping.com Yet to see the appeal myself, but I think my ancestors were chain smoking coal miners that just wanted to taste something.
@barrytopping.com Well-fired rolls.
@jimtrinca.bsky.social “How does Sean Bean inflate his life jacket?”
@breakintoprogram.co.uk The best kind of fun!
@breakintoprogram.co.uk Oh cool, I didn’t realise you were officially™ working on the port; I thought you were just having fun! 😁
I’ve got a Saturday ticket booked, hopefully see you there!
@morefunmakingit.bsky.social It must be to improve the sinclAIR flow!
@fuzzweed.co.uk It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green Screen
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Yeah I just posted in Discord, lol 😆
Tom Dalby’s Z80onMDR should create the BASIC for you.
www.tomdalby.com/other/z80onm…
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Brill, thanks. Let me know if you want to check out Beta DOS, I can share a prepared disk image with all the bug fixes and patches. A good source of interesting software is the old Outlet disk magazines. A deep vein of real nerd stuff, haha.
@fuzzweed.co.uk Heh, convenient! Yeah I’m thinking make it part of a road trip.
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Woaft, that’s looking great 👨🍳💋👌
@fuzzweed.co.uk Haha, cool. It’s on my bucket list too. It’s only a 7.5 hour drive, I should just do it.
@fuzzweed.co.uk Oh that’s neat, is there a mirror behind the painted background, or is it like a Pepper’s Ghost thing reflecting off the angled glass? Looks cool!
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Cool, thanks, that bodes well!
I’ve not actually used my home-made PlusD for a wee while so I’ve dug it out tonight to have a play with it. 😁
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Ah, brilliant! (I’m curious if your VR177x is happy with the Greaseweazel-written disk. Hopefully it’s fine but let me know how it goes!)
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Hmm, yeah mine too.
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social FWIW apparently mine is connected via a USB 2.0 hub to a USB 3.0 bus, but I’ve never had that underflow error.
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Ah bummer, I’ve not run into that before. I use a Mac so I’m not even sure what flavour of USB it has!
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Or try reading straight to .mgt file, that should work too. Does your edsk work in an emulator?
@leesmithsworkshop.bsky.social Hmm, not sure. I don’t really use edsk, maybe that’s a factor. Latest gw software supports MGT format though (treats it as IBM.800 I think). Simon Owen’s samdisk is great for converting disk files (SCP, DSK and MGT for example)
simonowen.com/samdisk/
@jasesdesouza.bsky.social I lost my boot disk and I haven’t kept up with homebrew… I ought to get an ODE at some point but the drive is still going strong for now.
What an amazing find you got! I got my DC on launch day, but I had the foresight to buy a backup one when Electronics Boutique were giving them away for £40!!
@jasesdesouza.bsky.social Yeah I can’t prove a thing but I reckon it was deliberate!
And yes, it remains amazing, I agree! I think I meant to say that it was ahead of its time.
I’m not sure how HL holds up, I think it had bugs but I never had a PC so never played the original to compare it with. Worth checking out anyway!