kolleykibber

This might be considered sacrilege, but the Amstrad CPC was basically a later, better executed speccy. The hardware and firmware make for a better retro archaeology experience.

Crazy to think this headline would have been satire a year ago.

I'm having a play on the PPC640 with a Gotek running Flashfloppy with fd720-fat.img

It's erroring after the mount with panic:No init or sh found SYSTEM HALTED. BOOT:

The computer is unreponsive at the boot: prompt.

I've tried a few different settings in the ff.cfg, but no joy. Could it be a Gotek issue?

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler

Having played with a few of these systems, I still feel something like a slightly broken Amstrad CPC6128 or ZX Spectrum offers the better learning experience. You get to understand the minds of the designers back in the 80s.

Well that post just cost me a couple of hours.

And still 136 bytes off 431:

  #define p printf 
  int main(){const char *g[]={"A Partridge in a Pear 
  Tree.\n","Two Turtle Doves, and","Three French Hens,","Four 
  Calling Birds,","Five Gold Rings,"," Geese-a-Lay"," Swans- 
  a-Swimm","t Maids-a-Milk","e Ladies Danc"," Lords-a-Leap"," 
  Pipers Pip","Twelve Drummers Drumm"};
  const char *d[{"First","Second","Third","Four","Fif","Six","Seven","Eigh","Nin","Ten","Eleven","Twelf"};for(int i=0,j;i<12;i++){p("On 
  the %s%s day of Christmas\nMy true love sent to 
  me\n",d[i],i>2?("th"):"");
  for(j=i;j>=0;j--){p("%s%s%s\n",j>4&&j<11? 
  d[j]:"",g[j],j>4?"ing,":"");}}}

Good times. I built a wardialler out of one of those science fair 150 in one kits and an Atari st using an rs232 data line to bounce a relay. found plenty, but the fun ended when the 400 quid bill came in. Endless paper rounds.

Could you give some examples of these interesting things?

There was a Solar Powered Vinyl Tent touring the festivals in the UK last summer. A bunch of records to flick through, a player and a few deckchairs. It really was a wonderful thing.

Doesn't seem to have done Salesforce any harm.

Tellingly, those pro users would never choose to migrate back to Windows for a more consistent UI.

I've just enjoyed an hour getting chatGPT to write Simpsons episodes.

>Write an episode of the simpsons starring bill hicks

In this episode of The Simpsons, the family attends a comedy club and is pleasantly surprised to discover that the headlining act is none other than the late, great Bill Hicks. As they watch his performance, they are blown away by his sharp wit and fearless comedy.

After the show, Bart is inspired to try his hand at stand-up comedy and starts practicing his own jokes. However, his material is a bit too edgy for the school talent show, and he gets into trouble with Principal Skinner.

Meanwhile, Lisa becomes a fan of Bill Hicks and starts reading his books and watching his stand-up specials. She is impressed by his ability to tackle difficult and controversial topics, and starts incorporating some of his ideas into her own work.

In the end, Bart learns that sometimes it's better to stick to clean, family-friendly humor, while Lisa discovers the power of using comedy to challenge societal norms and shed light on important issues.