@dantootill
Linux guy, retro-computing and electronics enthusiast, hobbyist graphic designer and 3D artist doing bits and pieces for the revived Commodore brand. Occasional writer and musician. Also that kid with the weird eyes off of GamesMaster.
I've had issues with UPS in the past but I'm super impressed with them right now. I sent a parcel from the UK to California using their cheapest service, it was delivered within three days.
The way to understand Trump is to reverse everything he says and assume what he accuses others of is what he is doing.
He has a plan for nothing that happens next, OK? The war is not remotely complete. Oil prices will be sky high for months.
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We now go live to me, still waiting for the stuff I ordered from PCBway on the 3rd of February. 😆
That's lovely, but where's the rubber snake?
Fun fact: in the Red Dwarf episode "Camille", Kryten refers to it as A.S.C. 2 (ay ess see two). Boy, I sure hope someone got fired for that one.
ebb-siddik (is that right?)
New music disk or the 64. I'm not a big fan of 2-SID music, for some reason it doesn't sound as 'big' to me as I think it should. I do like the tune "Alterations" though.
A really good single-SID tune will always impress me, nobody had two SIDs in one C64 in 1982. 😉
Nosing through the software library at @retrocomputermuseum.co.uk yesterday, I found this software that was previously unknown to me. Looks to be a piano roll music sequencer, anyone ever used this?
Cover of RETURN magazine featuring the Commodore 64 Ultimate - Founder's Edition.
Promotional image for the Commodore 64 Ultimate - Founder's Edition from commodore.net
RETURN magazine, a German contemporary of Retro Gamer, put my artwork on their front cover.
My involvement with Commodore stems from the work I did with CBMSTUFF and Retro Fuzion, which was heavily inspired by Thomas Koch, whose artwork often graced the covers of this very magazine. ❤️
Ah, that's very kind, thank you. Will let you know if I get stuck. Just watching your latest repair vid on Patreon. 😃
Thanks for the offer Lee, but I have some arriving soon hopefully!
Have you got your tickets yet?
It's gonna be a good one 😊
Been waiting almost a month for the last thing I need to fix up that charity shop C64 so I can put it back up for auction, and it's the most mundane thing - the case clips.
In the meantime, I'm struggling to do other retro hardware-related things. I hate leaving stuff unfinished.
Looks like Davros.
We're all doomed.
Patriotism isn't something you practise, it's something you *feel*. If you practise it, it's nationalism.
FREEZE64 fanzine issue 82 featuring Rainbow Islands.
This was a nice surprise to come home to. Thanks as always @freeze64.bsky.social 👍
The photo of my office in our old house is still on Rightmove, complete with shelves full of my Commodore stuff.
That's the one, and I lived in blissful ignorance of that additional annoyance until today. 😐
"Never Ever" by All Saints. How did that even get recorded without a producer waving their arms and saying "Hold on, hold on. You're just talking over and humming along to Amazing Grace."
Ha, I already memed that. 😆
The Founders Edition keyboard is absurdly beautiful. Just look at it. 🤩
Photo by Martijn Bosschaart.
Due to popular demand, here is a demonstration video of how to make 3D printed PCBs using just vector drawing software, a 3D printed (PETG filament for mine) and self-adhesive copper tape. Any questions, let me know!
I had proper anger issues as a kid. But I don't think I ever actually broke any part of my computers or games. Not anything important anyway.
My brother-from-another-mother had that on his Amstrad. To this day I've never played it on the 64.
I always used to wonder what he was thinking. Probably something like "I'm going to fall of this bike so many times, I f@#!ing know it."
Same energy as this pic I guess. 😆
By brother used to get really ratty with it, or rather the time it took for the game to scroll the screen before it put you back on the bike. I can hear him now "Oh here we go, half a bloody hour..."
Yeah, the original demo played by Gore on a harmonium is quite stark. I've heard a few stories about how the final mix came about, credited to Wilder, Flood and also François Kevorkian.
I once tried to recreate the bass track and became slightly obsessed with it. Alex Ball did a great video on it.
This was an odd title, never see much written about it. Anyone play it much?
How incredibly odd. Would it have been acceptable to say to her directly "We've had a genuinely good experience, but this is ruining it"?