FiXato 🇳🇱🇳🇴 @FiXato@mastodon.social

Lorenz Miniero recently recovered and restored some of his earliest #coding projects written in #BASIC for the MSX homecomputer, which were stored on data cassette tapes.
In order to share them with the world, for others to either to learn from or 'laugh' at, he uploaded the code to GitHub:
https://github.com/lminiero/msx-nostalgia
Always cool to see more 'new' #homebrew MSX software pop up!

#MSX #sourceCode #Github #lminiero #LorenzMiniero #games #gaming #retrogames #retroGaming

#Unicode to be expanded with historic computer glyphs.
214 characters from #Teletext and #retroComputers such as #MSX, #Atari, #AmstradCPC and #TRS80, that were proposed by the #TerminalsWorkingGroup, have been accepted at #UTC158 by the #UnicodeConsortium to be added in a future version.
Mapping for the referenced legacy systems are included.
More details: https://plus.google.com/112064652966583500522/posts/i55Y7j3vypz

What's gone wrong with our desktop computers?
There was a time I would just turn on my #MSX and I'd be able to use it right away.
Also, if I left it on unattended, I wouldn't come back to it rebooted because the OS thought it needed an update right then and there.

Now I'm waiting for applications to reopen, and first update themselves, before I can actually use the damn thing.
Not to mention it hung itself during all the updates, the first time it rebooted.

Updated #introduction:
— #MSX #MSX2 #retrogaming #retrocomputer #demoscene
— #Ruby #WebDevelopment #backend #dev #scripting #PlexodusTools
— #landscape #photography #MiA1 #Canon1000D
— (casual) #hiking
— Born #Dutch #Netherlands
— Emigrated to #Bodø #ArcticCircle #Norway
— Fan of #TerryPratchett's #DiscWorld, #StephenKing's #DarkTower, #StarTrek and #DoctorWho
— Enjoys interesting #beers such as #Trappist #AbbeyBeer
— #linguistics #GooglePlus
#introductions #WhoAmI

A brief #Introduction for the #GooglePlusExodus of former #GooglePlus users:
I'm Filip, online better known as #FiXato or FiX

Current interests:
· #MSX (#MSX2 in particular) and various other #retrocomputer / #RetroGaming topics such as the #demoscene.
· #Ruby #webdevelopment and #scripting
· #Photography and casual #hiking
· #LetsPlay and other #casualgaming content
· #DiscWorld novels.
· Drinking interesting #beers, #Trappist beer in particular.

I was saddened to hear that #C64 #Chiptune composer #BenDaglish died earlier this month of #lungcancer: https://www.facebook.com/BenDaglishC64/posts/2460586427292350
So, I'll have another listen to the #MSX version of his theme for M.A.S.K. III: VENOM Strikes Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aMpRVScEl0&t=354s (skip to 5:54 to avoid the #datacassette loading noise).