Monthly Archives: February 2022

Thinking of porting my GTK2 applications to GTK4

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

I had this thought to port some of my GTK2 applications to GTK4, so I started to read the migration guide. That’s when I stumbled on the following statement about invalidation: Only gtk_widget_queue_draw() is left to mark a widget as … Continue reading →

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DC2N4-LC client for MacOS (Intel)

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

I thought to share a binary of my DC2N4-LC client for MacOS. Download link is here. The general look is a tad crude, but the application is functional, apart for firmware updates, as shown below: The reported version of gcc … Continue reading →

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C64 Cartridge Dumper: teaser update

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

Those who follow my GitHub repo for the C64 Cartridge Dumper have certainly noted that there’s been quite some activity going on recently. I will be preparing a post with all details next week, hopefully. For the time being, I … Continue reading →

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Last Ninja 2: making data for objects and frames available

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

A few days ago after work I decided to extract graphic elements from Last Ninja 2 that are encoded with the format used by John Twiddy’s Integrator. Here’s the result: all objects in the order they appear during Armakuni’s journey, … Continue reading →

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