and any example of a zero bitplane demo. Just using the CPU to switch the background colour
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Green is the main music routine. Blue is the sample playback
[0] https://www.tamiya.com/english/products/58336/index.html
[1] https://tamiyabase.com/articles/46-technical/176-distinguish...
and lots of the people featured on https://executable.graphics/
I ended up staying up all night reading most of the book
For actual retro system. 68000 assembler on the Atari ST is fun or for a slightly different challenge the Amiga
J57: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J57
CFM56: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_CFM56
As far as I know only the A-12 family and the X-51 used JP-7 given it needed Triethylborane (TEB) to ignite.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JP-7
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triethylborane
More on the KC-135Q/T
The Amiga (except some early 1000s) also had a Extra Half Brite mode that has 6 bitplanes, 64 colours with the second 32 being half the brightness of the others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Halfbrite_mode
The extra data fetching does slow things down.
https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=102990#:~:text=And%20....
The panel at the bottom looks like it uses the copper to have a different palette to the rest of the screen. That is a very common effect.
https://codetapper.com/amiga/sprite-tricks/shadow-of-the-bea...
Indeed they do (or at least did)
- How a 64k intro is made [1]
- in4k site creation of demoscene 1kb, 4kb and 8kb intros [2]
- SizeCoding.org is a wiki dedicated to the art of creating very tiny programs [3]
[1] http://www.lofibucket.com/articles/64k_intro.html
Current setup
- Desk against the wall. Window into the garden on my left to give me something to look at other than screens.
- Ikea Bekant sit/stand desk. A few years old now but it has been fine for me. I've not used the motors too often. Honestly I thought I'd use the different height more often.
- Generic gaming chair. It was around £120 years ago. Purchased because it was much cheaper than an Herman Miller and the like. It has been fine certainly better than office chair of a similar price point. Coming to the end of its life. Something I'm actively looking to replace in the next couple of months with something more high end.
- Cable trays to keep most of the cable off the floor. Triple monitors have a lot of cables. Cables on the floor just get in the way and collect dust.
- Triple 27 inch monitors on a monitor arm bolted to the desk (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01MR0448N/).
- Logitech Brio Webcam on a Elgato mount above the middle monitor.
- BenQ ScreenBar monitor light (https://www.benq.eu/en-uk/lamps/computer-desklamp/screenbar....) over the middle monitor. Expensive. I'd get one of the cheaper knock off if I was buying today.
- Two Elgato key lights.
- Stream Deck XL for short cuts and to control the lights.
- Mechanical keyboard.
- Gaming mouse.
- Old PC speakers I've had for a decade or more.
- Giant mouse pad.
- Laser printer/scanner. I still end up having to print stuff but not often enough to avoid inkjet drying out
- Everything that can be on wired ethernet.
Things I'm looking to change
- As mentioned. A better chair. I went with a gaming chair as it was much cheaper than a fancy chair while still being better than a cheap office chair. Originally I was working from home occasionally and could justify the cost of something a Aeron or similar. Now I'm working from home most of the time, that equation has changed.
- A better mounting system for monitors, lights, webcam etc. My current monitor mount is mostly great but the end of the outside monitors do droop a little. When I purchased the mount I only had the monitors. The lights and webcam mount were later additions. Having a single mounting solution to fix everything to would be great. Better support for ends of the monitor arms would be lovely.
- Replacing the Screenlight with something controlled from the PC/Stream deck would be great and generally being able to automate things via the Stream deck.
- Getting a dry erase board. Mostly to sketch out ideas. The big thing I've missed from an office over the last couple of years
- Book and general storage. So I can have my work related book near me when working and not cluttering up the rest of the house. The new place I finally have a door I can close on the office when not working
- Better cable management. Things are fairly clean currently but could be better. I'm thinking about cable duct on the monitor arms for the video, power, and USB cables
- Air con. All the kit kicks out some heat. This has been great over the last few weeks when it was cold outside. I expect it to be less welcome once things start to get warmer.
- Blockout blinds. The curtains I have now are just what was here when I moved in and aren't great. The office gets sun in the afternoons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(missile) https://youtu.be/YZZV464z9g8
As for being the most beautiful civilian aircraft. I see your 747 and raise you a Concorde