chrisbtoo

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[–] chrisbtoo 2 points 11 hours ago

I really liked that.

[–] chrisbtoo 2 points 13 hours ago

Nice! Just looked you guys up on Pouet, and although I definitely remember the name from back then I don't really recall having seen any of the demos unfortunately.

This is most of my crap FWIW. A few mediocre sample demos of my own in there :D

[–] chrisbtoo 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] chrisbtoo 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

From the video it's running on a CPC 6128 — IIRC (40 years ago, now) the original 1984 model, the 464, was 64kB RAM and a tape deck (which is what I had) and then the 664 came out the next year with 64kB and a built in 3" disc drive, and then the 6128 was almost straight after with 128kB RAM and disc drive.

Otherwise there wasn't really any notable difference in the internals — 4MHz Z80 that was effectively slowed down by the video hardware.

Cool demo! I tried a few things like this but I was 12 or 13 at the time and upgraded to an Atari ST in ~1987 so never really got that deep into it. Had to teach myself Z80 assembly and figure out how to program the video memory first, and information was kind of hard to come by back then :D

Edit: just noticed your username... were you an ST kid too?

[–] chrisbtoo 2 points 1 day ago

That's pretty sweet for a Speccy.

[–] chrisbtoo 2 points 1 day ago

With the number of stories of visitors getting either deported or imprisoned recently, why would you even risk it?

[–] chrisbtoo 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Great race today! Grats to both Marquez brothers and also great job to team VR46!

Hopefully Bez is OK after that early wipe.

[–] chrisbtoo 20 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The country next to mine keeps threatening to invade.

[–] chrisbtoo 1 points 2 days ago

True, there's a long time left for upsets to happen.

I've only been watching the last couple of seasons so I never saw him at his historical peak... maybe I'm a little too excited to see him winning again :D

[–] chrisbtoo 6 points 2 days ago

Agreed!

Not the first time I've read through one of these scam-baiting articles and I'm sure it won't be the last. It's quite fascinating how they work.

[–] chrisbtoo 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm honestly excited to see Marc back on top. He seemed so happy on the podium in Thailand, like he finally felt like he was where he wanted to be. I was torn last season between knowing he'd do well there and feeling like Jorge got the shaft.

And then yesterday he broke his own 11 year old lap record — clearly Ducati made the right decision.

[–] chrisbtoo 1 points 3 days ago

I was impressed by Miller too. He always seemed so inconsistent at KTM — some great early pushes that always seemed to just peter out later in the race. Maybe the Yamaha just suits his style better.

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