Greg Gallardo

Both Windows and Mac computers include a free way to encrypt your entire storage drive. You should turn it on, if you haven't already. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

If I still had my Super Nintendo Chalmers I'd want that skin.

I have a Super Famicom and a Super NT, but it's not the same.

Rabbit, but sometimes "Super Nintendo Chalmers"

Thx. I love the general look of raycasters. Now that I get how they work, I want to put them on everything. I've got a version running in raylib and I wonder how difficult it'll be to get a low rez version running on my Atari.

I want to get this optimized on genesis and hopefully networked first.

Thanks. I wasn't really happy with the way things looked with mirroring. I think this is a good compromise if I can keep this frame rate as I add in more features and optimize.

✈️Burbank’s control tower temporarily closed overnight due to staffing shortages.

As the government shutdown continues, will this continue? Maybe.

In 2023, nearly half of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s 290 facilities were understaffed. Burbank Tower was 100% staffed.

Rewrote my #SGDK / #segagenesis raycaster again. This time to get rid of the Toy Story mirroring. The FPS dropped of course. But I think I'd rather run 10 to 13 FPS without mirroring the screen than run 15 to 20 with mirroring.

There's still some optimizing I can do, so maybe 15~ish is possible.

Woot

Atari 400 comport with basic loaded. Printing “FRE(0)” shows 37902

Pleasant surprise today. I bought this Atari 400 about a decade ago off goodwill. I assumed it was 16k and forgot all about it. Remembered it today and was thinking I’d mod it with more memory. Looks like it’s already been modded.

This reminded me to donate to Wikimedia Foundation.

NEW: Our very own @liaholland.bsky.social digs in with @taylorlorenz.bsky.social about the political campaign against VPNs + how to fight back.

Operation: Mindcrime - Wikipedia

Every once in a while en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operati... and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_(S...

It didn't really have any better suggestions than what I'm already considering. I hope to have a faster version of Mega Driving coded after I get one a 4-player retrolink game working.

ChatGPT just told me to read my own code to learn about Pseudo 3D roads

YouTube video by Greg Gallardo Atari 800/Fujinet and MegaDrive/Retro.LInk Chess server test

Moar retro networking. #fujinet and #retrolink

When I get back to this I'll probably rewrite the Atari version in C or Assembly. Fastbasic is nice, but I'm interested in trying out other languages with the fujinet.

youtu.be/oDibgAlDus4

Trying a different approach to rendering textures. #segagenesis

"We want to make some noise" - Advocates are stepping in to defend VPNs, and they need your help Fight for the Future is calling everyone worldwide to join the Defend VPNs Day of Action on September 25

Today’s the VPN defense day of action! @fightforthefuture.org’s @liaholland.bsky.social tells @techradar.com: “ it’s important to make lawmakers aware that, if they come for this technology, they're gonna be facing an uphill battle against the whole internet."

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YouTube video by FozzTexx Jamminate your 8-bit! Demo using FujiNet and OSC keyboard with TRS-80 CoCo 2

Friend and fellow #FujiNet hacker @FozzTexx turned a #TRS80CoCo into an OSC (Open Sound Control) instrument via #FujiNet for #SepTandy!
video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aej...
blog: www.insentricity.com/a.cl/293/jam...

#retrocomputing

Two players.

Two adults in elaborate fantasy cosplay, one as a pink-skinned elf and the other as a green-skinned orc, at a convention. Text says: What happens during a virtual pandemic? 20 years ago, the Corrupted Blood Incident took place in the online game World of Warcraft.

We promise this pandemic was only virtual.

20 years ago, an unexpected event in the online game "World of Warcraft" caught the attention of players and researchers. A new dungeon introduced a boss whose special attack temporarily drained a player’s health and could spread to others nearby. 🧵⬇️ (1/3)

The Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection enters Earthrealm on October 30th for PC & consoles.🐉

Wishlist: https://link.atari.com/MKLKollection

Atari 800XL acting as a stockfish UI with #fujinet through a webserver. I'll have to think a bit on how to make the webserver handle two players. I want to update my Sega retro.link version first.

As it turns out, it's trivially easy to make a #fujinet talk to a Python webserver (with python-chess) in front of Stockfish. No need for me to move my valid-move code to a webserver.

I POST moves and GET the current board. I should be able to make both my A8 and SGDK chess boards talk to this.

doragasu / mw · GitLab MegaWiFi

I plan on doing something more significant than tic-tac-toe or chess with FujiNet soon, but I want to get my raycaster working with several Segas first.

There's a separate project (gitlab.com/doragasu/mw) that uses ESP32s but I don't have one and emulator support is not ready last I checked.

GitHub - b1tsh1ft3r/retro.link: An Ethernet cartridge adapter for retro video game consoles An Ethernet cartridge adapter for retro video game consoles - b1tsh1ft3r/retro.link

The Sega side is a #retro.link device. github.com/b1tsh1ft3r/r... Not my project, but B1tsh1ft3r gave me two devices to work with a while back. It's TCP only, so I'd need my own HTTPS. I don't see myself getting SSL running on a MegaDrive, so I'd have to write proxy server as a go-between.

Thanks. I will check these out tonight

Right now it's dependent on the Sega to check for wins. I'll update the A8 code over the weekend to make it work without the Sega.

I'm currently trying to convince myself to convert my valid move code from SGDK/C to fastbasic. Or switch to using a dedicated TCP or HTTP server for chess games.

A few tips and a cautious mindset can help protect you against some, but not all malware. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

I still have the book. I should look into adding networking to Tank Duel