Monday, March 16, 2015

QR codes on the BBC Micro, Epilogue: KryoFlux to the rescue

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In which I once more revel in nostalgia and still fiddle with bits, but do not talk about QR codes at all. So with the BBC Micro quite de...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

QR codes on the BBC Micro, Part 6 of 6: An unexpected ending

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In which I convince myself that this plan would have worked. So, with all the code written, and a pixel-perfect QR code on the screen, th...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

QR codes on the BBC Micro, Part 5 of 6: Developing on the Beeb

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In which I marvel at how programming has changed in the past 30 years and how it has remained the same, and fret over spurious hardware fai...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

QR codes on the BBC Micro, Part 4 of 6: Prototyping in C

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In which I wrap my head around algebra and write code for myself, not the machine. The preliminary feasibility study turned out positive,...
Tuesday, January 20, 2015

QR codes on the BBC Micro, Part 3 of 6: Storing progress

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In which I fight an uphill battle with barely functioning hardware so I don't lose my precious bytes. As I started looking into the s...
Monday, January 19, 2015

QR codes on the BBC Micro, Part 2 of 6: Proof of concept

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In which I learn about weird video memory conventions and run a small-scale experiment. Before diving in and writing assembly code to gen...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

QR codes on the BBC Micro, Part 1 of 6: The beginning

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In which I revel in nostalgia and explain what this series is all about. On a shelf in my dad's study, there is an old photograph, ma...