Commodore 64 PETSCII Image (2022)
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·March 6, 2025card_zero
Oh, LIST-1050, list up to line 1050 and stop. It took me a while to see how the data for 40 characters was being turned into 1000 characters (answer: it wasn't).
rbanffy
Another computer that has a well thought out set of graphic characters is the Sharp MZ series.
The best part is that it’s all part of Unicode now and a lot of terminals and fonts support them.
mmooss
Where in Unicode, do you know?
rfarley04
This is awesome. I was just doing a deep dive on some forgotten C64 hardware (the PowerPad: https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Chalk+Board+In...) and love how many people are still hacking on these machines, they're so durable.
rbanffy
The best part (for C64 at least) is that the C64 Maxi exists. It feels like the real thing, but has modern ports.
mkesper
Hmm, why did the author use Perl for convsion if they didn't know it? Besides of regex (which is everywhere albeit in different dialects), I don't think Perl knowledge gives you very much nowadays.
rbanffy
It teaches you the value of clear comments in the code. ;-)
Not as much as APL, but, still, I can write Perl code I will not be able to understand the following week.
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Basic rookie mistake: Displaying images in 16:10, not 4:3 which would be the size they would appear as on an actual Commodore 64 connected to a TV or monitor.