Completed HC08 emulator in Java; will post as soon as I get a chance to validate the code. Also completed a basic 64-bit integer library for the HC08 that fits in about 1.2k. (Multiply and divide use shift/add rather than the HC08 mul and div instructions.) My goal: a basic floating point calculator written for [...]
I have never been a fan of corporate titles. I always thought they were silly. For me, all I care about is (a) how much power do I have to drive direction, (b) how many people do I have to worry about making sure they do their stuff, and (c) how much money do I [...]
What happens when a bunch of executives for corporations who pioneered closed devices running siloed and proprietary operating systems, who work and-in-hand with corporate providers who are famous for running “walled gardens” suddenly have their lunch handed to them by a corporation who made a better device, which is easier to develop for, who allows [...]
I remember a time when we used to make things. Duvac in Pasadena used to carry wire wrap supplies and integrated circuits. Fry’s used to have a wide selection of products for making circuits that weren’t contained in packaging that yellowed with age. You could buy Nixie displays from Radio Shack. Perhaps it was a [...]