2008 site news and updates. By Lee Davison. |
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10th December 2008. | An update to the QuickBASIC utility to read and convert Vic 20 .PRG files into text and/or html adds the option of a path for the images. Source included. |
11th October 2008. | The ESR meter on the miscellania page is updated to add 400V input protection against connection to charged capacitors. |
8th October 2008. | A new hardware project is written up for the miscellania page. ESR meter is a meter for measuring the equivalent series resistance of electrolytic capacitors. |
5th October 2008. | Fractals, a Mandelbrot fractal generator that allows the images generated to be saved. |
3rd October 2008. | Land, a simple fractal landscape generator, is updated to allow screenn size changes. |
29th September 2008. | A demonstration of how to rubberband with the mouse on the EASy68K example programmes page. Also an update to PDP-8 Sim that improves function and speed. |
7th September 2008. | An update to Invader 1000 on the EASy68K example programmes page changes the play slightly to better match that of the actual game. |
6th September 2008. | Another new game on the EASy68K example programmes page. Invader 1000 is a recreation of the Galaxy Invader 1000 handheld game. |
12th August 2008. | Yet another new program on the EASy68K example programmes page. Maze is a simple maze generator. |
9th August 2008. | Another new program on the EASy68K example programmes page. Land is a simple fractal landscape generator. Images generated can be saved as bitmaps. |
6th August 2008. | Another new program on the EASy68K example programmes page. PDP-8 Sim is a basic PDP-8 simulator and includes a "Hello world!" program. |
30th July 2008. | A new program on the EASy68K example programmes page. Stars is a swooping, swirling starfield. |
20th March 2008. | Last year was mostly 68K code so this year I'll start off with something different. A little code for the 6502 code bits page. SIN and COS are routines to calculate the 16-bit sine or cosine of an 8-bit angle. |
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