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honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 1:44

9-Sep-19 1:44

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote:
As today I'm writing a game for C64 - using emulator...

Cool. I did much the same thing, only with Apples, because i learned on them, and they share CPUs with the nintendo and super nintendo so i learned how to write games for those machines by learning on an apple.

So I wrote a nintendo emulator in c# at one point. started writing some games for it but never finished. LOL

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Sep-19 1:57

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

9-Sep-19 1:57

We all know that pet-projects are not to finish, but to learn and enjoy...

"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 1:59

9-Sep-19 1:59

That's a very healthy way to look at them I suppose. =) +1

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

Forogar 9-Sep-19 3:44

Forogar

9-Sep-19 3:44

I have many, many pet projects that I started with great enthusiasm and curiosity, "can I make this work?". Many of them petered out once I got the "yes, I can make this work" stage as I lost any determination just to polish it to the end point.

I wrote many games for my friends to play but if there was no interest from one or more of my friends then the project would fade away.

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

dandy729-Sep-19 7:07

9-Sep-19 7:07

honey the codewitch wrote:
ooooh, i bet that getting that was like 3 christmas' worth of joy.

Mine was, quite literally, spread over 3 Christmases. I got my C64 (and tape drive) on Xmas 83 (84?)...I put up with the tape drive for a year. Then the next Xmas I got the floppy drive, and the one after that a printer. I never did get a "proper" monitor so everything was hooked up to a TV on channel 3. I'm sure that did nothing good for my eyesight.

As for the thread's main question...I started coding because there wasn't much I could do with the computer other than play what few games I had the first year on cartridge. Since most games came on floppy, that wasn't an option for me so I started reading the programming manual, and saving stuff to cassette. The floppy drive was a godsend.

After that I was old enough to get a job and spend my own money on my own toys, so I got a 64C (really the same thing, but in a gray/white package), and my folks sold the original 64 to a couple of friends of theirs who had a kid a few years younger than I was...then I got a 128...I honestly have no clue what happened to those computers and sometimes wished I still had them. Then I moved on to the PC world.

Nostalgia got the better of me, and got a 64 Mini last year (thanks to Nintendo for starting that trend). Then the nostalgia only got worse Smile | :)

and a few months ago I purchased a 64C + floppy drive (the "real thing") off of Kijiji, a Canadian equivalent to eBay. I temporarily hooked it up to a TV via the antenna connector, just to confirm it works, but I don't have the room to leave it there permanently. I have the room (and monitor) to set up elsewhere, but need some sort of adapter to hook it up via VGA.

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 7:21

9-Sep-19 7:21

you need something that takes composite i believe?

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

dandy729-Sep-19 7:30

9-Sep-19 7:30

If only.

I have no spare TV, and all my spare monitors are VGA only.

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 7:33

9-Sep-19 7:33

Amazon.com: High Resolution TV to PC Composite RCA/S-Video to VGA Video Converter Box HD Video and Audio Adapter Converter Wide Screen for DVD DVR VCR Monitor: Gateway[^]

This should get you what you want $20

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

dandy729-Sep-19 7:46

9-Sep-19 7:46

I have one of those, or at least a more sophisticated/expensive version of it that includes audio (this converter from Amazon would be video only, would it not?). Mine's either no longer working, or there's something wrong with the conversion somewhere along the way, because it wouldn't show anything. I'll admit I haven't fully investigated all my options yet...

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 7:48

9-Sep-19 7:48

i think this one claimed to have audio, and amazon takes returns. it might be worth a shot.

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

dandy729-Sep-19 8:54

9-Sep-19 8:54

Not seeing any link in your message, or did you mean the one you had already previously linked to?

If you meant the item at your previous link...then clearly, it's only got RCA and S-Video for input, and VGA for output. None of which handle any sort of audio. Unless all the pictures are wrong.

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 9:26

9-Sep-19 9:26

the description said something about sound, but TBH i just skimmed it. was assuming there was an 8th inch stereo output jack on it somewhere. *shrug*

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

Sander Rossel9-Sep-19 2:00

9-Sep-19 2:00

Failed my last year of University* because I had been playing World of Warcraft too much.
I still lived at home and my parents weren't pleased.
They just sold their IT company to an uncle, an employee and a third that wasn't with the company until he bought it.
My mom said "you're going to find a job or I'll do it for you, you can start there!"
And I said "but I don't even know how to write code!"
And then she gently whispered "THEN YOU'LL F***ING LEARN! Mad | :mad:

"
And so I was hired because I was the son of old management and the nephew of new management and also because I had some affinity with computers, being a gamer and all.
No one in this story regretted that decision.
I liked programming and I learned it very quickly.
I learned a lot, wrote some great software, introduced some new technology to the company, made them a lot of money (earned some myself as well), and then I moved on after four years Big Grin | :-D

Another five or so years later and here I am Big Grin | :-D

*I still finished that last year of University, earning me the title Master of Arts Big Grin | :-D

Best,
Sander

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honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 2:02

9-Sep-19 2:02

haha what a great story. you must be one of the youngun's here like me. WoW during your college years kind of gave it away.

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

Sander Rossel9-Sep-19 2:09

9-Sep-19 2:09

You're not young, 40 is like ancient Laugh | :laugh:

And with 31 (almost 32) I'm not that young myself anymore Sigh | :sigh:

WoW came out when I was still in high school.
I'd say I'm a little too young to have played Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, but I have played Age of Empires which was released only two years later Laugh | :laugh:

I've played Warcraft III though.

Best,
Sander

sanderrossel.com
Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment
arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript
Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 2:12

9-Sep-19 2:12

good. my highest aspiration is to become a crazy cat lady. or one of those old haggy witches that gets dragged through the village square and burned (my retirement plan #aesthetic)

and I'm 41 now. It was my birthday last wednesday.

aged a whole year in the past week Big Grin | :-D

probably your fault.

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

Sander Rossel9-Sep-19 2:21

9-Sep-19 2:21

honey the codewitch wrote:
It was my birthday last wednesday.

Happy belated birthday! Big Grin | :-D

honey the codewitch wrote:
probably your fault.

I'm only pointing out bugs like forgetting to assign return variables or using single line if statements Cry | :((

But it's still probably my fault, so yeah $Shucks | :-\$

honey the codewitch wrote:
or one of those old haggy witches that gets dragged through the village square and burned (my retirement plan #aesthetic)

If I see more of those single line if statements this may well come sooner than you'd think...
Here comes the trusty old pitchfork again! Big Grin | :-D

Anyway, ~~threats~~ promises aside, here's to 42 Beer | [beer]

Best,
Sander

sanderrossel.com
Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment
arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript
Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 2:26

9-Sep-19 2:26

42 is when they let you in on the Big Secret(TM)

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

dandy729-Sep-19 7:10

9-Sep-19 7:10

honey the codewitch wrote:
42 is when they let you in on the Big Secret(TM)

What? WHAT DID I MISS?

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 7:18

9-Sep-19 7:18

apparently life, the universe and everything?

sorry dandy

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

dandy729-Sep-19 7:28

9-Sep-19 7:28

Well, I knew about that, but I guess I never realized there was a lesson to it...

Is there a test I can take again?

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 3:27

9-Sep-19 3:27

I've been meaning to tell you that I start with the braces.

Then delete them.

I'm not joking.

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.

Sander Rossel9-Sep-19 3:43

9-Sep-19 3:43

I... I don't... know... out of... words... WTF | :WTF:

Luckily I'm not out of pitchforks though! Dead | X|

Actual footage of me coming to your house[^] Big Grin | :-D

Best,
Sander

sanderrossel.com
Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment
arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript
Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly

honey the codewitch9-Sep-19 4:04

9-Sep-19 4:04

well you'll be happy to know that due to my aversion to this:

I've been using Refactor->Extract Method

what a wonderful feature.

When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.