Post #999628
2026-04-01 03:30 UTC
Replies (7)
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@foone@digipres.club 2026-04-01 04:07
@curtmack awesome!
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@Mellivora@im-in.space 2026-04-01 04:11
@curtmack @foone oh no.
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@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space 2026-04-01 04:21
@curtmack @foone
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@Hearth@plush.city 2026-04-01 04:28
@curtmack @foone ...i thought most of these were well known the only ones we don't know are "mode 5 palettes", "palettes aren't palettes", and "the brown circuit"--and would be interested in seeing more information on those -F
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@vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz 2026-04-01 06:24
@curtmack And on the Amstrad PC1512/1640 there were 4 writable colour planes in 640x200 mode (RGBI) that you could selectively write enable with a plane register. By default all planes, which were all in the same CGI Mono memory space, were enabled for black & white. Oh yes. Writing graphics drivers was super fun back then. @foone
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@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 2026-04-01 07:02
@curtmack @foone WTH is THE BROWN CIRCUIT?
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@jonathanharker@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-01 10:04
@curtmack @foone VGA was such a step up, 320x200 in 256 glorious colours. Who remembers the Bitmap Brothers game, Gods