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date: 2024-05-10, from: Digital Antiquarian
The Voyage of Magellan, Chapter 6: The Atlantic Crossing
https://www.filfre.net/2024/05/this-week-on-the-analog-antiquarian/
date: 2024-05-10, from: Computer ads from the Past
If you are a paid subscriber, voting is open for one week for this month’s topic
https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/vote-for-the-may-2004-plus-post-topic
date: 2024-05-09, from: Linux Magazine
Red Hat has re-imagined enterprise Linux for an AI future with Image Mode.
date: 2024-05-09, from: C64 OS Blog
Here is a blog post about some general programming theory and practice
on the C64, that I personally find useful and hopefully you’ll find it
useful too. I recently updated a tool that I use to help me with C64 OS
development from being written in BASIC to being written as a hybrid of
BASIC and 6502 Assembly. I’m sure there are many books and many magazine
articles that have been published on this subject, but there can never
be too much information on programming tips and ideas for the Commodore
64. I should set the stage by explaining my development environment. I
decided from the beginning that I wanted to develop C64 OS using a C64
(or C128), and not by cross development on a Mac or PC. I know that
isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but since I would be spending years working
on the project, I wanted to spend those years becoming intimately
comfortable again with the C64’s keyboard, and the storage devices, and
all the various commands in BASIC and in the DOSes of the drives. I
think tha. . .
https://www.c64os.com/post/hybridbasicasm
date: 2024-05-08, from: FreeDOS News
Netwide Assembler - abbreviated NASM - is an assembler for the x86 CPU architecture portable to nearly every modern platform, and with code generation for many platforms including DOS. NASM 2.16.03 was recently released, but is a source build machinery and documentation update only. Changes include: Fix building from git in a separate directory from the source, and remove some irrelevant files from the source. There are no functionality changes. Download the latest version at NASM 2.16.03 - including the DOS version.
https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2024/05/nasm-21603/
date: 2024-05-08, from: FreeDOS News
GnuPG, aka GNU Privacy Guard, is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880. GnuPG allows you to encrypt and sign your data and communications. Ben Collver has compiled GnuPG version 1.4.23 for DOS, built with DJGPP. You can download it from GnuPG at Archive.org.
https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2024/05/gnupg-1423-for-dos/
date: 2024-05-08, from: FreeDOS News
SuperIlu has created a simple TLS-capable HTTP server for DOS. As SuperIlu explains, “It is not in real working condition” but it’s an interesting demonstration of what you can do with DOS in 2024. httpDOS is distributed under the BSD license, with components under other open source licenses. You can find it on the httpDOS GitHub project.
https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/news/2024/05/httpdos-web-server-for-dos/
date: 2024-05-07, from: RiscOS Story
PhotoDesk is a comprehensive photo editing package dating back to the 1990s, when it was first released by Spacetech. These days, the software is in the hands of Netherlands-based X-Ample Technology (XAT) with R-Comp handling sales and updates. The latest version of the software is 3.23b, and R-Comp has now made a new version of the manual available to download – if you visit the PhotoDesk page on the R-Comp website, you’l find it along with a few other useful resources for the software. The new edition of the manual…
https://www.riscository.com/2024/photodesk-manual-3-23/
date: 2024-05-07, from: RiscOS Story
Kevin Wells has updated another of his handy applications – this time TrainTimes, which now stands at version 2.05. This version of the application adds a couple of user interface improvements – one a small visual indicator, and the other an additional way to access some information. The visual indicator is that the mouse pointer now changes to a menu when it passes over a menu icon in the main and future station time table window. The new access method is on the station info window, where you can now…
https://www.riscository.com/2024/traintimes-2-05-released/
date: 2024-05-07, from: RiscOS Story
Originally given the working title Escape to the Light, with some of its inspiration coming from a strange recording found in a charity shop, the latest AMCOG Games title – Light Gate – is now available to purchase from !Store. When AMCOG’s Tony Bartram picked up the tape and went on to give it a listen, he could potentially have released demons and other malevolent spirits into our world, demonic possessions of those around him, in turn leading to a gory nightmare made real. That didn’t happen, though, and instead…
https://www.riscository.com/2024/light-gate-lands-in-store/
date: 2024-05-07, from: Linux Magazine
See what open source professionals look for in a new role.
date: 2024-05-07, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News
The latest edition of Drag’n’Drop magazine was launched at the recent Wakefield and also sent out to subscribers. This edition is 41 pages of news, reviews, tools and lots of coding! As a PDF you can read it on just about any system.
http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2068.html
date: 2024-05-06, from: Linux Magazine
The latest release of Proton 9 adds several improvements and fixes an issue that has been problematic for Linux users.
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Proton-9.0-1-Released-to-Improve-Gaming-with-Steam