Category Archives: Technical

Misc updates

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

I finally caught up with device orders and decided to provide an update on my current plans. First thing first, after 1 year and 4 months since my last change, I am changing job again. This means having to go … Continue reading →

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The Last Ninja: uncovering details about the demo

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

If you head over to the GTW page on LN1, you will be able to read the following statement about the non-playable demo that was circulating in the 80s: Recently in 2021, we have added the Zzap Sampler tape […] … Continue reading →

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Tricks with xscrol

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

A while ago, when I was working with ptoing on my C64 Raster Effect Editor, he asked me whether I could write some C64 code to create an interesting effect for an existing artwork a friend of his had put … Continue reading →

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New release of the C64 Raster Effect Editor

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Luigi Di Fraia

In a recent interview with The Sarge on FairLight TV, Joachim was showing the C64 Raster Effect Editor, having a hard time with a bug that has not been noted before: users were unable to create a raster bar that’s … Continue reading →

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Thinking of porting my GTK2 applications 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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V-MAX! sector ID decoder added to CBM Flux Studio

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

I have been having a look at custom V-MAX! sectors in NIB and G64 files recently. Today I added a sector ID decoder to CBM Flux Studio. The interesting thing that I was able to appreciate on the back of … Continue reading →

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Emulated nixie tube clock

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

I always wanted to make myself a nixie tube clock, but the cost of the tubes, the availability of specialized drivers, and the voltage involved have put me off when I was going to shop for components. Therefore, I came … Continue reading →

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Update on the NIB to G64 conversion in CBM Flux Studio for Vorpal (later)

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

The new conversion mechanism is now ready 🙂

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Revisiting the NIB to G64 conversion in CBM Flux Studio for Vorpal (later)

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Luigi Di Fraia

In the last few days I was revisiting the code that takes care of converting NIB files to G64 files in CBM Flux Studio. I noticed that the general approach I had followed made a number of assumptions that I … Continue reading →

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