Lab Notes

The 1802 Membership Card

February 13, 2022

It’s a lovely Saturday which means it’s time to build the 1802 Membership Card by Lee Hart! This complete kit computer fits in an Altoids tin and has lights, switches, and serial ports. sunrise-ev.com/1802.htm

Binary search in BASIC DATA statements

January 26, 2022

Behold! Binary search of five-letter words in BASIC DATA statements without pre-processing the memory! gist.github.com/dansanderson/8…

Electronic Bulletin Boards by Carolyn E. Cooper, a book report

January 10, 2022

Electronic Bulletin Boards by Carolyn E. Cooper, a book report by Dan Sanderson, age 12. Six handwritten pages, in cursive, with a cover page and five printed pages of figures from a Boise BBS. I got an A+.

What if the Bee had an S?

December 12, 2021

What would it be like if the #nytspellingbee had an S in it?

@thegridkid is on record as saying an S-Bee would be “too easy,” a nice way of saying it’s difficult to balance difficulty, size, and funness. I wanted a sense of this design space, so I did some computer’ing.

PICO-8 on the RG 351M handheld game console

November 18, 2021

Wow, #pico8 on the RG 351M handheld game console is fantastic! This one from Anbernic is metal, heavy, with solid controls. $139 USD is pricey but worth it.

Angle math demo in PICO-8

November 1, 2021

We were discussing angles and coordinates in the #pico8 Discord and I whipped up this quick demo while we were chatting. It’s a neat demo, and super-neat how easy it was to put it together! The value of a tight feedback loop cannot be understated. gist.github.com/dansanderson/2…

PICO-8 fillp shortcuts

October 21, 2021

DID YOU KNOW: 20 of the #pico8 typeable symbols are predefined fillp() patterns! Pass each one as the argument—without quotes—to get a fill pattern that looks a bit like the symbol.

Clockwork DevTerm and PICO-8

September 6, 2021

I wrote up my Clockwork #DevTerm adventures as a review and #pico8 tutorial on the PICO-8 BBS. Enjoy! lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=44522

hey everyone I figured out what #pico8’s “export .lua.png” does!

September 4, 2021

hey everyone I figured out what #pico8’s “export .lua.png” does! 🤓 #devterm

/cc @Hal_clockwork @lexaloffle