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  1. Dmian 🇪🇺 @[email protected] ·

    This is the original blog post for my Bescii font. There's nothing new in it, but I'm re-posting it here to allow for Mastodon comments:

    damianvila.com/blog/designing-

    #blog #blogpost #pixelfont #bitmapfont #petscii #bescii #basicengine #retrocomputer

    #blog #blogpost #pixelfont #bitmapfont #petscii #bescii
  2. Andrew (making toys) @[email protected] ·

    I have a few weekends over the next couple of months set aside for raspberry pi and other tiny computer based projects.

    I have a pi 0w that I scored for $3 with a coupon, and I want to put it to some weird purpose while spending as little additional money on it as possible.

    I have #BASICENGINE parts I need to solder them together and start working my way through that hardware.

    I have other bits and bobs that I want to try.

    Do you have suggestions?

    #basicengine
  3. Andrew (making toys) @[email protected] ·

    I'm sitting in a meeting at work, and I had an idea and I want to make sure I document it somewhere before I forget it (again).

    I need to design a keyboard case and a luggable case for the #BASICENGINE

    #basicengine
  4. Andrew (making toys) @[email protected] ·

    I stopped by the post office on my way in to the office (which is to say, the local coffee shop) today.

    While there, I found a board game *and* 20 #BasicEngine Circuit boards.

    I think the boards are the last part I needed to actually start assembling. (I might still be short a a few capacitors. I don't remember if I got all of them.

    Either way, i can get the hard stuff out of the way, and probably get a board or two fully functional for testing.

    And that's *exciting*!

    #basicengine
  5. Andrew (making toys) @[email protected] ·

    I'm having a hard time getting the RAM/Video chips ordered for the #BASICENGINE

    One site doesn't have any in stock. The other says they have them in stock, and keeps rejecting my order.

    #basicengine
  6. Andrew (making toys) @[email protected] ·

    3) I had a really great day today.

    4) I’m thinking about the #basicEngine again, and specifically about it’s potential as a networked device.

    I can’t wait to get my hardware in, so that I can get one assembled and ready to use. That’s honestly going to be a terrifying adventure, as this will be the most complex thing I’ve soldered together.

    Once I have, though, I’m going to try and write a gopher client and maybe a telnet client for BBSing.

    That’s not going to be easy, because RAM.

    #basicengine