16k should be enough for anyone

Using strings as a Data / Read alternative. The ZX81 lacked this BASIC construct - rumour has it to make space for the ZX Printer ROM code.

The articles about the type ins.

Oh, now I going to have to try it... arrrgggggfff :-D

Me some friends ran a local BBS with it for a couple of years, Only needed the one PC for the whole thing, had 3 incomming lines setup, was excellent at multitasking at the time.

What #DOS game to play tonight?

😥💔Damn

I should try setting OS/2 up on my Cyrix Cx486DLC-40 again. The last time I tried it wouldn’t work, though it should. I ran OS/2 2.1 (and later Warp) on a very similar machine back in the day. It’d be worth it for Solitaire alone, which was a much nicer implementation than the Windows 3 version.

It's classic #Windows gaming night tonight.

New blog post: Part 3 of the new CRTC microcontroller for the Minstrel 4th.
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2026/01/a-ne...
The pictures show the stages of the hardware development (so far)

I had a question about making sounds on the Commodore PET and Mini PET, so I have updated one of my old blog posts:
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2022/05/pet-...
This covers various ways to make music on the PET, as explained by someone with little understanding of proper musical terminology (sorry).

Ridiculous, Ernie would never let Bert file a copyright claim.

I’m now thinking along the lines of a scramble or jump up onto boxes to reach the top. There could be different features, exploding boxes, sticky ones, etc. The water constantly rising, a bit like Rainbow Islands and similar games. We’ll see, at the moment it’s more of a tech demo than anything.

Stuffing around: Maybe boxes crashing into a #ZX81 sea.

A kinetic bouncing puzzle game, love it. Into the ideas box.

Wow, never seen that before, quite a cool idea for a game

Oh yeah, Tower Toppler, can see that :-)

Stuffing around: I game see a game in this #ZX81, but what game.

It's time for some ZX81

Just upgraded from the old #Flashforge Finder 2 to an Adventurer 5M. Both of these are arguably your 'base model' machines, separated by about 5 years, but the difference is frankly amazing.

Printed a Benchy. The quality is incredible, and the print speed is just wow by comparison to the Finder 2.

Happy New Year, Happy 2026

Made it to Dangerous in #Elite+. Do I get a free copy of Elite Dangerous with that? Probably. I’ll wait patiently for it in the mail.

very true; still for a networking device in my house it's rubbish.

This is everything wrong with hardware today. I’m using a perfectly good computer — why do I need an app? Why???!!! #Enshittification

Happy xmas Jim.

Xmas Eve 2025 with #Elite+

Teaser poster for "PET Invaders".

PET Invaders – Release!

As the Earth Space Monitoring Network sounds alarm, you and your LASER tank are Planet Earth's only hope… Exciting space arcade PETSCII action for Commodore PET (40 cols, 16K RAM)!

Downloads & online emulation at:
www.masswerk.at/pet/prgs/#pet-invaders

Don't now 'How I should Feel' about that.

To celebrate Halloween, post an iconic horror movie character. 🎃

New blog post - The Minstrel ROM Cart for the Minstrel Expansion Bus.
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/10/mins...
Replace the ROM on a Minstrel 2, 3, ZX81 or TS1000 with an 8K or 16K ROM image.

Composite Video Cable YouTube video by zx81keyboardadventure

I'm taking our word back!
www.youtube.com/shorts/zhvB8...

#CompositeVideo #composite #english #retrocomputing