CodingWithCulp

Amber terminals are my favorite color
terminals!

I will admit that the Amiga is not a "Modern retro computer", but it is in a modern case and has quite a few modern parts in it.

Trying to organize my modern retro systems. From left to right - the #mega65, #zxspectrum Next, Foenix F256K and Amiga 1200.

Still have to find places for the Commander X16 and a few others. Maybe clean off the top shelf! I wish I had a huge room that I could keep them all hooked up at once.

Whenever one of my middle school students calls me over to look at their code that isn't working I always get a bit nervous because you never know what kind of non-Euclidian, Cthulhuian, spaghetti mess you are walking into.

#stem #coding #stemeducation

YouTube video by Coding with Culp Hunt the Wumpus on the Mega65!

Finally, got my video on a Hunt the Wumpus on the #Mega65 @mega65.bsky.social uploaded! Lots of issues caused me to have to shoot it about 547 times....the D81 is now uploaded.

Have fun, improve it, it has been a long time since I did anything in BASIC so I was rusty!!

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This game on the C64 gets a bad rep, but I loved it.

I absolutely loved this game. I was in Army, stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina when it came out.

IT WORKS!!! I saw this #TRS-80 on eBay, new seller w/ 0 feedback, asking too much for starting bid, dropped it to $150, I went for it. I was expecting it to arrive in pieces.

It's covered in grunge. The screen is bright with no burn in, drives work!!!!

I'm looking forward to this restore job.

Commodore and their mice in the 80's - they all looked alike! I thought this was a broken 1351 mouse as it would not work.

Turns out it's a 1350 which is not a mouse as it reports directions like a joystick. I wrote a short program on my Mega65, and it showed it was reporting joystick dir.

I've been trying more and more to open BlueSky instead of X lately. But there are some things that I miss about X. The ability to make longer posts and post longer videos etc....BlueSky feels like Twitter 5-6 years ago. I would be willing to pay for those features if they will roll them out.

My Hunt the Wumpus on the @mega65.bsky.social #mega65 is coming along! It should be 100% playable tomorrow evening, I'm not saying it will be done, just saying it will be playable. It would be done tonight, but I have a football game to watch.

#retrocomputing

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SNOW DAY THE NEXT TWO DAYS!

I have been threatening to write a graphical Hunt the Wumpus on the #Mega65 from @mega65.bsky.social! I get so little time with my retro machines, but I think tomorrow is the day for it!

Cold, snowy days with a cup of hot cocoa really gets my creativity flowing!

40 years ago today in #retrocomputing history the #Commodore 128 was released at the 1985 CES show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

From then on, most C128 users just typed "GO 64" from the boot screen. C64 compatibility might have been the thing that held the C128 back.

Today is the 40 year anniversary of the Commodore 128!

YouTube video by Coding with Culp Unboxing, Stress and Thermal Testing the Raspberry Pi 500

I take a look at the new #Raspberrypi 500 and the new Raspberry Pi monitor and stress test and overclock the Pi 500 and look at its thermals. Can I get it to 3.1GHz on stock cooling?

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I finally got to open my Christmas present from my mother-in-law today. The 2021 #Atari VCS. When it was released at $400, I said no way. But the recent Black Friday sale was $99 and that was good enough for me to buy or ask for it for Christmas.

#RETROGAMING

Apparently someone is still manufacturing new ribbons for the #commodore64 MPS-801 printer. I bought these from Ribbons Unlimited, hopefully I can try them out soon.

May decorate my classroom with Print Shop prints.....

Note - I assume they are new reproductions.

The C64 Sonic version requires an REU (Ram expansion unit). My assumption is the NES could do it with a cart (or cart file) with expanded RAM and ROM.

I accidentally came across this series of #retrocomputing books on eBay when one came up in my recommendations so I bought a few, now I need to collect the whole series.....

I haven't done anything with FORTRAN since.....1988....

#vintagecomputing

YouTube video by Coding with Culp Lets make a Christmas Themed Game in Python and Pygame!!!

About 2-3 days b4 Christmas I decided to make a Xmas themed space invaders game in #python and #pygame. I did not make the deadline of Christmas due to being super busy! I made a video, and you can find the GitHub link in the video description:

#coding #programming

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Picked up some reading material over the last couple of days. That's right, I've never actually read "Ready Player One". Looking forward to reading them all.

Nice!

Going to be trying both of these out in the next couple of days A FujiNet for my #Atari800XL and TeensyRom for my #commodore64.

I wonder what's in the box...

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Santavaders is done!!! It's about 1,000 lines of poorly written #python code! I will clean it up and do a video on it and stick it on GitHub!

I need to start next years Christmas game way earlier!

I need to get a "The Spectrum", although it's kind of redundant because I have a ZX Spectrum Next! I also wish they would sell these over here in the US.

I'm about to put on my "back in my day" hat...

We got Caroline a new laptop for XMas and I'm setting it up. I've been at this for almost an hr, setting up accounts, downloading updates, restoring from her PC, rebooting 18 times...

I miss the "take it out of the box and use it immediately" days.

Two days ago I got a wild hair to write a #Christmas  themed game called "Santavaders" in #Python essentially a space invaders clone and do a video.

Dont think I'm gonna be done by XMas, 90% there, but I'm out of time, it's Christmas Eve, time to watch A Christmas Story and play Letters to Santa.

One of my all-time favorite games on the Atari!!!

ITS FINALLY HERE!!! My Roguecraft Zero Clucks Edition from @badgerpunch.com ! It went across the pond to the US, and then USPS immediately sent it back to GB then turned around and finally got to me on Christmas Eve!

Roguecraft is the best game released for the #Amiga in 2024!

Beware the Chickens.