#apple2 — Public Fediverse posts

I didn't realize it when I started, but I'm apparently stepping into a double minefield:
1) mastodon and AI
2) chess engines and AI
🤦

Oh well. I was curious how modern chess engine principles would fare on ancient hardware. The result is 8fish, entirely written by Claude, but with art by me.

It beats Sargon III quite a bit of the time (91-38-21 in the last test, although I haven't tried super-hard to validate that the test was fair), but requires 128K of RAM to Sargon III's 48K, so it's not—ahem—apples to apples. But it was a fun experiment. And I enjoyed painting with double-hires graphics for the first time.

The logo looks much better in color, and the board much better in green, so that's how they're shown in the readme!

https://github.com/zellyn/8fish

#apple2 #appleii

I didn't realize it when I started, but I'm apparently stepping into a double minefield:
1) mastodon and AI
2) chess engines and AI
🤦

Oh well. I was curious how modern chess engine principles would fare on ancient hardware. The result is 8fish, entirely written by Claude, but with art by me.

It beats Sargon III quite a bit of the time (91-38-21 in the last test, although I haven't tried super-hard to validate that the test was fair), but requires 128K of RAM to Sargon III's 48K, so it's not—ahem—apples to apples. But it was a fun experiment. And I enjoyed painting with double-hires graphics for the first time.

The logo looks much better in color, and the board much better in green, so that's how they're shown in the readme!

https://github.com/zellyn/8fish

#apple2 #appleii

This 2024 GDC postmortem can't be missed, very interesting and very entertaining aspect of one of the best games ever played on the Atari back then! Loved how that partly was more of a Family project while of course 🧵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc2iCfDoro #gamedev #apple2 #gaming #gdc

This 2024 GDC postmortem can't be missed, very interesting and very entertaining aspect of one of the best games ever played on the Atari back then! Loved how that partly was more of a Family project while of course 🧵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHc2iCfDoro #gamedev #apple2 #gaming #gdc

FujiNet for #Intellivision is starting to breathe! Shown here is a cross-platform demo of 5 Card Stud playing against a #trs80coco, and #apple2 players. The intv client is written in #IntyBASIC .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZDWLKVJxSs

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

FujiNet for #Intellivision is starting to breathe! Shown here is a cross-platform demo of 5 Card Stud playing against a #trs80coco, and #apple2 players. The intv client is written in #IntyBASIC .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZDWLKVJxSs

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

New #AppleII games (and some other stuff too)

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #apple2

New Apple II games (and some o...

New #AppleII games (and some other stuff too)

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #apple2

New Apple II games (and some o...

CrustyBASIC, a new Rust-based BASIC cross-compiler for vintage computers and consoles, including #Atari2600 and #Atari8bit https://github.com/bsturk/crustybasic #atari #apple2 #c64 #vic20 #msdos #nes #trs80 #plus4

CrustyBASIC, a new Rust-based BASIC cross-compiler for vintage computers and consoles, including #Atari2600 and #Atari8bit https://github.com/bsturk/crustybasic #atari #apple2 #c64 #vic20 #msdos #nes #trs80 #plus4

Texas hold 'em, new online crossplay card game for #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #TRS80CoCo and #MSDOS computers with FujiNet devices https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391615-texas-hold-em-multiplayer-game/ #atari #fujinet #texasholdem

Texas hold 'em, new online crossplay card game for #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #TRS80CoCo and #MSDOS computers with FujiNet devices https://forums.atariage.com/topic/391615-texas-hold-em-multiplayer-game/ #atari #fujinet #texasholdem

👋 Hi all, long time no post!

Any tips for Apple II pixel art? What do you use for drawing? I've been using DazzleDraw on Virtual ][ and just opened up in OpenEmulator to check my work…

#apple2

👋 Hi all, long time no post!

Any tips for Apple II pixel art? What do you use for drawing? I've been using DazzleDraw on Virtual ][ and just opened up in OpenEmulator to check my work…

#apple2

The Cursed Planet, another mid-1980s Italian text adventure now translated and enhanced for many machines including #Atari8bit and #AtariST computers (BDB Project) https://bdb-project.itch.io/cursed-planet #atari #c64 #msx #apple2 #amiga #bbc #plus4 #c128 #cpc

The Cursed Planet, another mid-1980s Italian text adventure now translated and enhanced for many machines including #Atari8bit and #AtariST computers (BDB Project) https://bdb-project.itch.io/cursed-planet #atari #c64 #msx #apple2 #amiga #bbc #plus4 #c128 #cpc

Reading my GMAIL from inside AppleSoft BASIC on my #Apple2 using #FujiNet and the BASIC extension, talking to the GMAIL protocol adapter.

#retrocomputing

Reading my GMAIL from inside AppleSoft BASIC on my #Apple2 using #FujiNet and the BASIC extension, talking to the GMAIL protocol adapter.

#retrocomputing

If you'd like to support the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems project, please consider the Patreon.

https://patreon.com/fujinet

Funds posted there go to hosting, software development, and docs.

#atari8bit #apple2 #trs80coco #msx #msdos

Thank you.

If you'd like to support the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems project, please consider the Patreon.

https://patreon.com/fujinet

Funds posted there go to hosting, software development, and docs.

#atari8bit #apple2 #trs80coco #msx #msdos

Thank you.

#FujiNet Go (our all in one Android App) for #APPLE2 and #TRS80COCO updated to add an analog/digital toggle for the on-screen joystick, making certain games a lot easier to play!

#retrocomputing #android

#FujiNet Go (our all in one Android App) for #APPLE2 and #TRS80COCO updated to add an analog/digital toggle for the on-screen joystick, making certain games a lot easier to play!

#retrocomputing #android