Noah Burney

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I like computer languages, human languages, and the fonts you read them in.
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After months of work from @fozztexx and @nwah #FujiNet for #MSX can now start booting ROMs from the Internet!

Great job all around!

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“I am the punctuation mark of human frailty. I am the writer’s block, resolved mid-sentence.”

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-em-dash-responds-to-the-ai-allegations

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

Our most-read article of 2025. (Originally published Juily 17, 2025.) - - -“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academi...

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Klynok (meaning “saber blade” in Ukrainian) is a shapeshifting type system inspired by Ukrainian Cossack Baroque heritage. It also draws from the image of the Cossack-kharakternyk, a warrior figure from Ukrainian folklore believed to transform into a wolf.

#FujiNet #RS232 running on a 128K #IBM #PCjr running the Intl Space Station Tracker!

#retrocomputing

Commited my first opponent! (https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/commit/ee358e07527b80a9532115fee51bd4c125f9d953)

They're quite a good defender and not much of an attacker.

I have hopes of being able to implement multiple opponents' "personalities" by tweaking a few variables.

#RetroComputing #GameDev #Apple2

Make the opponent work · colinleroy/a2tools@ee358e0

Also check bounds

GitHub

I am happy to announce the official release of Glider for Apple II ! https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/glider-for-apple-ii/

People who like technical details may like the development log I wrote at https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/03/22/glider-for-apple-ii-development-log/

Have a nice week-end!
#RetroComputing #Apple2 #GameDev #RetroGaming

Berlin type pelgrim @fritz_groegel at the new UvA library to admire the now fully installed wall by @letterror and team.
#TypeMedia #uva_library #letterror

The Frob - A Connoisseur's Guide - was the technical reference manual for the Frob, an #Atari2600 #GameDev system that ran on the Apple II.

A copy is now at the Internet Archive for public use:
https://archive.org/details/the-frob-a-connoisseurs-guide

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

The Frob A Connoisseur's Guide : Ken Clements : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Frob: A Conoisseur's Guide is the manual for the FROB-26 Atari VCS Development System for the Apple II computer. It contains a functional description of...

Internet Archive

We released @TinyGo 0.36 yesterday with so many improvements for WASM/WASI & oh yeah, Go 1.24 support too!

Thank you to the awesome community of human beings who work together across the entire planet to collaborate on this project. You are appreciated!

#golang #tinygo #wasm #wasi #embedded

The Frob was an #Atari2600 #Gamedev system for an #Apple2.

ATARI did not document the 2600. Besides the code in the manual, You had to reverse engineer other games to learn how things worked, seen here using Apple2 monitor.

#retrogaming #retrocomputing