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#retroprogramming

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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

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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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Allanon 🇮🇹 :amiga:

Some more progresses on the script editor:
✅ Cursor's position
✅ File name text box
✅ Changed content indicator
❌ Undo/Redo
❌ Load
❌ Save
✅ Save As
❌ Cancel
❌ Copy/Cut/Paste
❌ Click on command -> Insert template at current cursor's position

The list is long but the code is pretty easy, I hope to complete this part in 2-3 days 😀 :amiga:

Here is a screenshot of the Script Editor, it's divided in two columns: - Right : The script we are editing - Left : The list of available commands with the template and a brief description On the bottom there is the cirsor position, the file name box and a marked that indicates if the file has changed since the last save or not. There are also some buttons on the bottom: - Undo/Redo - Load - Save / Save As - Cancel
#amiga#thegate#gamedev
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Allanon 🇮🇹 :amiga:

About #COMAL for #Amiga ...
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I can't understand how it is possible that I missed this language so advanced for the time.
I'm rewriting the manual to share it in HTML format (and also to understand this language in more depth), and from what I see it seems incredible for those times...

How is it possible that it has been almost forgotten? Or maybe it's just me who has never met this language on my path.

I'm getting the urge to use it for something 😁

A screenshot od the manual index I'm rewriting about COMAL language
Screenshot of several platforms for which COMAL was available including: BBC Micro, Commodore PET, Commodore 64, Amiga, Compis, Scandis, CP/M, IBM PC, Tiki 100, ZX Spectrum, MacOS, Unix, MS DOS and Windows32
#retroprogramming#retrocoding
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