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hitsware2

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Posted: 11:26pm 08 Aug 2020

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Posted: 11:43pm 08 Aug 2020

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Cool ... Stripey IO

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Posted: 01:04am 09 Aug 2020

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Yes i miss IDE Cables

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Posted: 03:18pm 09 Aug 2020

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Nice to see that out in the wild!

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Posted: 06:39pm 09 Aug 2020

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CircuitGizmos said Nice to see that out in the wild!

Thank You !

AND

!!!! Thank You !!!!

Beautiful board

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Posted: 09:08pm 14 Aug 2020

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hitsware2 said

Mmmmm... 40-conductor rainbow ribbon cable....

The computer hobbyist nostalgia factor is off the charts with this thing :)

I installed a big push-on / push-off button as my power switch on my Circuit Gizmo�s board. It requires quite a bit of force, but then it makes a big loud �click�, followed by the instant-boot to the command prompt. It�s soooooo satisfying, and reminiscent of every 8-bit computer I ever owned. Even the �single floppy drive� effect of the spring-loaded SD card reminds me of an old 5.25� disk drive (OK, maybe more like a 3.5� floppy... :)

Enjoy Every Sandwich / Joe P.

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Now that you mention it

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Wow, is that just a bizarre coincidence that an SD card fits into that space? 3.5� floppies seemed magical to me when I first used one on a �Fat Mac� in 1984. It was �fat� because instead of the stock 128K RAM of the original Macintosh, it had a whopping....512K! (Yes, that�s K as in Kilobytes :) And, if you recall the original Star Trek series, they used �tapes� that looked eerily like the 3.5� case that appeared 20 years later. The 8-bit Guy has a great episode on esoteric magnetic & optical media.

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''' The Ghost in the Machine '''

dim c(23),n(5), v(7), p(7), u(5)
for i=0 to 23: read c(i): next i
for i= 0 to 7: read p(i): next i
for i= 0 to 7: read v(i): next i
for i= 0 to 5: read n(i): next i
for i= 0 to 5: read u(i): next i
data 36,36,34,32,30,30,30,30
data 30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30
data 27,27,27,27,30,30,30,30
data 4,0,2,2,8,0,2,2
data 9,0,7,0,7,0,7,0
data 24,27,32,36,40,48
data 0,0,0,0,20,15

do: for x=0 to 23
play sound 1,l,w,4*c(x),7
play sound 1,r,w,6*c(x),7

for y=0 to 7
play sound 2,b,s,1024,2*p(y)
pause 10: play sound 2,b,s,1024,0

play sound 3,l,q,((1.99*c(x))),v(y)
play sound 3,r,q,((2.01*c(x))),v(y)
play sound 4,b,w,12*n(int(rnd*5)),u(int(rnd*5))

pause 120: next y: next x: loop

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hitsware2 said

Nice! Its interesting to try to work out how it works, which bits of the sound are random and which are not.

update: I've added it to the wiki. Wasn't sure how to describe it though.
Edited 2020-08-25 15:53 by capsikin

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' " lead " instrument

for i= 0 to 5: read n(i): next i
for i= 0 to 5: read u(i): next i

data 24,27,32,36,40,48 ' notes
data 0,0,0,0,20,15 ' volume

play sound 4,b,w,12*n(int(rnd*5)),u(int(rnd*5))

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Posted: 05:41pm 25 Aug 2020

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Cool tunes!

Here is the same with some visualizations:

''' The Ghost in the Machine '''

cls

dim c(23),n(5), v(7), p(7), u(5)
for i=0 to 23: read c(i): next i
for i= 0 to 7: read p(i): next i
for i= 0 to 7: read v(i): next i
for i= 0 to 5: read n(i): next i
for i= 0 to 5: read u(i): next i
data 36,36,34,32,30,30,30,30
data 30,30,30,30,30,30,30,30
data 27,27,27,27,30,30,30,30
data 4,0,2,2,8,0,2,2
data 9,0,7,0,7,0,7,0
data 24,27,32,36,40,48
data 0,0,0,0,20,15

dim clr(4) = (0,rgb(red),rgb(green),rgb(blue),rgb(yellow))
for i = 1 to 4
circle 4+10*i,5,4,4,1,clr(i)
circle 410-10*i,5,4,4,1,clr(i)
next i

print @(62,0) "Ghost in the Machine - by hitsware2"

do
for x=0 to 23
play sound 1,l,w,4*c(x),7
blit 10*1,0,700,550-4*c(x),10,10

play sound 1,r,w,6*c(x),7
blit 10*1,0,700,550-6*c(x),10,10

for y=0 to 7

play sound 2,b,s,1024,2*p(y)
blit 10*2,0,700,300,10,10
pause 10
play sound 2,b,s,1024,0

play sound 3,l,q,((1.99*c(x))),v(y)
blit 10*3,0,700,550-((1.99*c(x))),10,10
play sound 3,r,q,((2.01*c(x))),v(y)
blit 10*3,0,700,560-((2.01*c(x))),10,10

ni = int(rnd*5) : ui = int(rnd*5)
play sound 4,b,w,12*n(ni),u(ui)
if u(ui) then blit 10*4,0,700,550-12*n(ni),10,10

blit 10,20,0,20,MM.HRES,MM.VRES-20
pause 115 ' slightly faster to compensate for blitting

next y
next x
loop

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hitsware2

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Posted: 07:15pm 25 Aug 2020

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> Here is the same with some visualizations:

The " Ghost Busters in the Machine " game is born !

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