Mastodawn

Scali Jul 22, 2025

https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/on-rendering-and-solved-problems/

On rendering and solved problems

Here’s just a quick brainfart I had after watching a video on 90s rendering technology, part of which concentrated on how John Carmack moved from Commander Keen to Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM and Qu…

Scali's OpenBlog™

Scali Apr 28, 2024

Kate "K8-bit" Lorimer Apr 28, 2024

Uncool? Pffft. Impossible when it had components called Paula, Agnus, and Denise.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/apr/26/my-undying-love-for-the-painfully-uncool-amiga

My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga

It may have looked like something you’d see a bank teller use, but it withstood heavy battering. And it ran the coolest games

The Guardian

Scali Jan 10, 2024

Nina Kalinina Jan 2, 2024

Thanks to the orange site, I learned about XDC video player that runs on XT machines. Time to watch Frieren on CGA~

Scali Jun 5, 2023

https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2023/05/29/cartridges-for-the-ibm-pc/

Cartridges for the IBM PC

Cartridges? For the IBM PC? There’s no such thing! Well, there kinda is… The IBM PCjr has two cartridge slots. Now, one may argue about whether the PCjr is actually an IBM PC compatible…

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Scali Feb 10, 2023

Julia Evans Feb 10, 2023

floating point representation

Scali Jan 31, 2023

https://github.com/Scalibq/DOS_SDK

GitHub - Scalibq/DOS_SDK: An SDK for developing DOS software for x86 machines, including IBM PC compatibles and NEC PC-98

An SDK for developing DOS software for x86 machines, including IBM PC compatibles and NEC PC-98 - GitHub - Scalibq/DOS_SDK: An SDK for developing DOS software for x86 machines, including IBM PC com...

GitHub

Scali Jan 14, 2023

https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/a-great-upgrade-for-the-pcjr-the-jr-ide/

A great upgrade for the PCjr: the jr-IDE

Scali's OpenBlog™

Scali Jan 7, 2023

https://scalibq.wordpress.com/2023/01/07/when-is-a-pc-not-a-pc-the-pc-98/

When is a PC not a PC? The PC-98

Scali's OpenBlog™

Scali Dec 21, 2022

Het gaat nu echt heel fout op Twitter.

Scali Dec 20, 2022

Hank Green Dec 20, 2022

I am 100% not shitting you when I say scientists named mastodons after their teeth which they thought looked like nipples. “Mastos” as in breast. “odont” as in tooth.
We’re on a website that, in Greek, literally means “Booby Tooth.”

On rendering and solved problems

My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga

Cartridges for the IBM PC

GitHub - Scalibq/DOS_SDK: An SDK for developing DOS software for x86 machines, including IBM PC compatibles and NEC PC-98

A great upgrade for the PCjr: the&nbsp;jr-IDE

When is a PC not a PC? The&nbsp;PC-98

A great upgrade for the PCjr: the jr-IDE

When is a PC not a PC? The PC-98