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OA47

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Posted: 01:51am 07 Jul 2021
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Here is a famous computer display laid out on a Mite & ILI9341 display. I thought it would make a novel way of displaying a clock/calendar for the workshop. Top right (PROG) current seconds, Hour and Minute (VERB & NOUN), Day and month middle row, last two lines Longitude and Latitude so I can calculate the sundown and sunup times to dim and brighten the display.






If anyone is interested I can post the code.

OA47
 
CaptainBoing

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Posted: 05:34am 07 Jul 2021
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the AGC!  very nice!

I haven't got a creative bone in my body, my workshop clock is a starightforward LED dot matrix with scrolly date+temps etc. every minute(ish)
 
OA47

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Posted: 09:31pm 07 Jul 2021
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For those not familiar with the famous AGC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

  Quote  The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) is a digital computer produced for the Apollo program that was installed on board each Apollo command module (CM) and Apollo Lunar Module (LM). The AGC provided computation and electronic interfaces for guidance, navigation, and control of the spacecraft. The AGC has a 16-bit word length, with 15 data bits and one parity bit. Most of the software on the AGC is stored in a special read-only memory known as core rope memory, fashioned by weaving wires through and around magnetic cores, though a small amount of read/write core memory is available. Astronauts communicated with the AGC using a numeric display and keyboard called the DSKY (for "display and keyboard", pronounced "DIS-kee"). The AGC and its DSKY user interface were developed in the early 1960s for the Apollo program by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and first flew in 1966. The AGC was the first computer based on silicon integrated circuits. The computer's performance was comparable to the first generation of home computers from the late 1970s, such as the Apple II, TRS-80, and Commodore PET.
 
DaveJacko
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Posted: 10:25pm 09 Jul 2021
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I really like the 7-seg display font !

.. my mate recently bought one on those Nixie Display Clocks,
and they do look nice,
( reminds me of putting a UK quid of petrol in my motorbike! )

However, time moves on, and it's now so much easier to do stuff in the modern MMBasic world. Any chance you could share the 7-seg stuff, it's so cool.

Regards to you fellow old point-contact germanium person!

you might like to have a look at my Youtube stuff.
search 'micromite jackson'
regards Dave
Try swapping 2 and 3 over
 
OA47

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Posted: 02:47am 10 Jul 2021
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Dave, here is the font:
  Quote  ' AGC_SevenSegNumFont.bas
' Font type    : Numeric (10 characters)
' Font start   : CHR$(48)
' Font size    : 32x50 pixels
' Memory usage : 2004 bytes
DefineFont #8
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 00000000 00000000 00000000 9CFF0700 3CFF0300 3CFF0100 3CFF0000 78000000
 78000000 78000000 78000000 F0000000 F0000000 F0000000 F0000000 E0010000
 E0010000 E0010000 E0010000 C0030000 00000000 00000000 C0030000 80070000
 80070000 80070000 80070000 000F0000 000F0000 000F0000 000F0000 001E0000
 001E0000 001E0000 001E0000 001C0000 003C0000 003C0000 003C0000 00000000
 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 9CFF2700 3CFF3300 3CFF3900
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 000F000F 001E001E 001E001E 001E001E 001E001E 001CFF3C 003CFF39 003CFF33
 003CFE27 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
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 003C0000 003C0000 003C0000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
End DefineFont


OA47
 
DaveJacko
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Posted: 09:30pm 10 Jul 2021
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Thanks for the super-quick reply !, amazed !
regs Dave
Try swapping 2 and 3 over
 
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