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    SquirrelEDIT - a 16x16 sprite editor with C bitmap array export

    I wrote something similar for Microsoft Basic in about 1992, and used it to develop a game called CrossFire (and I'm fairly sure that that name isn't unique either) that was distributed on one of TheMac cover CDs. Not that I've been able to find it since I lost my own TheMac collection. But if...
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    1bit games with music

    Lemmings music bogs it down? Are you sure? I played Lemmings to death on my 8MHz Mac SE, and I remember thinking it far superior to my PC - because of the sharp graphics and the music. I mean, the PC graphics were colourful, sure, but 320x200 is below woeful as resolutions go. I'll have to...
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    Operation : PewPew! A new game for 68040 and soon... 68030

    Excellent work! So you're at the optimisation stage now then! Is the small window (rather than 512x342) a function of getting it to perform better? Would it help to have a code review - maybe some of the big brains here will be able to identify efficiency improvements? I kind of fancy writing...
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    Converting Carbon Interface Builder documents to Cocoa

    Thank you Cheesy - coming from you that’s the highest of high praise!
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    Converting Carbon Interface Builder documents to Cocoa

    Why is it that I find myself getting part way through a project, getting distracted, and then scooting off to do something else? I will finish working on PETSCII Robots one day. Maybe. In the meantime though, I've written a tool which might be useful for people going the other way - updating...
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    ZX81! Issue 1! 1980!

    The real ZX81 is just 1K. The one I built has 32k on board. No RAM pack wobble! Also no modulator, and it displays perfectly - so that's the one I use when I want my crap old computer fix!
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    ZX81! Issue 1! 1980!

    After peering closely at that board, it appears to be identical to mine - albeit that mine doesn't have the bodge on it (it's been given an updated ROM). Note that there was a little exaggeration in my definition of "entirely working", although this might be down to the Sony Smart TV I had it...
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    ZX81! Issue 1! 1980!

    Yes! 1980! I have a very, very, original ZX81. I bought it to break for spares - but this one is a keeper. It's one of the OGs, and it's entirely working, right down to its horrible, horrible, keyboard. So that's the good news. The bad news is that it's entirely working - I was hoping that...
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    ChipWits. Soon with added support for any Macintosh (and maybe colour too)

    ChipWits is a fascinating game, and possibly the game most missed from any Mac newer than one built in 1985. Wouldn't it be nice if you could run it on your Mac SE, LC475 or PowerMac? I think so too. So, a while back, I started faffing around with porting it to C (it sprang into life when I...
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    Also, it frees people up to get education or work on passion projects. It ameliorates the coming...

    Also, it frees people up to get education or work on passion projects. It ameliorates the coming storm of unemployment engendered by AI. I think fears that people will just become lazy are unfounded - but even if they aren’t, why should I care?
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    An excellent point, Snial. But when I see the deprivations that some people have to put up with...

    An excellent point, Snial. But when I see the deprivations that some people have to put up with it makes me feel profoundly distressed - and it's apparent that for society to advance then it's necessary for people like me to have a little less. But no. I'm not prepared to give up my bicycles...
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    As someone who is all those things, I can see that I live a privileged and comfortable, free...

    As someone who is all those things, I can see that I live a privileged and comfortable, free from the hatred directed at anyone who doesn't share my archetype. To say otherwise would be like a professional boxer trying to justify walloping a small child "because they hit me first". Society is...
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    An actual FX-180P? I seem to remember so. It looks right. I'd have gotten it for school in...

    An actual FX-180P? I seem to remember so. It looks right. I'd have gotten it for school in about 1986. I used if for about ten years and replaced it with an FX-115S (which I still have). The 115S only stopped being used when the Mac calculator became capable enough to do what I needed.
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    I used to have one of those. I replaced with… dunno the number. Still have it somewhere. It...

    I used to have one of those. I replaced with… dunno the number. Still have it somewhere. It stopped being used when the calculator on my Mac became more capable.
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    I look forward to the day when all the food banks are closed because the government is doing its...

    I look forward to the day when all the food banks are closed because the government is doing its job of looking after those in need and are taxing those who can afford it appropriately.
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