jim_64

Here's a demo video I made of my meshtastic 64 project: https://youtu.be/7gDmBlTKk90

Hey it was great meeting you and talking! So nice of you to stop and chat while you were carrying around that supper big iMac - LOL! Hope you come back to the show next year too.

This is my only C program I've ever written. A second goal was to pick a project to force me to learn C. I'm a run-time BASIC guy from the 80s, never used a cross developed or compiled language before!

Yes - Thank you!

Old habits are hard to break! I took a fun loving shot at TRS-80s on the cOS Test/Demo disk. There is a goofy Windows 9 "release" on there where I labeled the trash can... wait for it... "TRS-80". I just saw some old CoCos at a vintage computer show. Actually really cool what people were doing with them!

Hey all - Jim_64 here (the author)

Nice to see the comments!

Yeah there is plenty of power in these old computers to pull off the simple user interfaces that are popular right now. I think it's funny how the trend has gone back to bold colors, blocky designs and full screen programs, all the things we were limited to in the 80s.

I did write it in C, so if I did it in assembler, it would have been smaller and faster.

And, no, I didn't retro bright my system. Bought the one in the video from some 20 something dude in Chicago selling off his uncle's system. Seems it was always kept under a cover, so no sun damage!