Re:WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound
by briansm on Monday May 18, 2026 @05:14AM
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My favorite is 'spongy', an underwater journey through a Menger-sponge fractal in 128 bytes:
https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=53871
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36BPql6Nl_U
I'm more impressed by the eerie beauty of it than the technical achievement, even if the code was orders of magnitude larger it would still be wonderful.
Re:WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound
by HellMood on Monday May 18, 2026 @05:33AM
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"Spongy" was one of my inspirations to try something similar in 64 bytes.
Of course it's not the same, but "flying through a 3D grayscale orthogonal structure" is actually possible in 64
Re:WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound
by abrookewood on Monday May 18, 2026 @06:06AM
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What. The. Actual. Fuck!
Apologies for the cursing, but that is the most bat shit insane demo I have ever seen. I'll just leave you with the top comment on the video: "Witches have been burnt for lesser sorcery"
Re:WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound
by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:45AM
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In this case I'd say the batshit part is that the floppy drive has almost the same CPU as the C64 it starts attached to. 1MHz tied to raw I/O pins is powerful, no matter what it's inside.
Re:WriteUp: 16 Bytes of x86 that turn Matrix rain into sound
by userbinator on Monday May 18, 2026 @11:22PM
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I'd never seen that demo before, but from your description I had a suspicion it would be a C64 floppy drive, which has the same CPU as the C64 itself and runs embedded firmware acting more like a file server:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprSxCMlECA