I thought I was nearly done with the big wins, but I gave a second (or fifth, probably!) look at the bit getter, which of course works by shifting bytes (a thing the 6502 does one bit at a time...).
I (finally) managed to get it down to an 8-bit "buffer", and that paid off!
-11 seconds.
#RetroComputing #Apple2 #QuickTake
As I don't have any new project in the pipe, I spent my saturday going back to see if I have progressed in #6502 #assembly, and gave a bit of attention to my #Quicktake for #Apple2 JPEG decoder.
I think I progressed: decoding a Quicktake 200 photo now /only/ takes 190 seconds (3 minutes 10), a 25% improvement and a whole minute less than previously!
That one time that I emulated a #Macintosh that was emulating an #Apple2 on an #AtariST.
It works! And amazingly I found a boot disk...
“It’s a bright and sunny day, just right for a stroll in the fresh air. But businessman Graham has got a problem that’s keeping him indoors.
He’s tying to locate the Princess of Serenia (The Wizard and the Princess and Adventure in Serenia) …”
See the pattern? 
#RetroGames / #Apple2 / #KingsQuest <https://hiresadventure.fandom.com/wiki/Serenia>
RP2350pc is Open Source Hardware all in one computer with Dual Core ARM/RISCV processor, 8MB RAM, 16MB Flash, Audio Codec, Four USB hosts, DVI/HDMI video, LiPo UPS, Two UEXT connectors https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/rp2350pc-open-source-hardware-all-in-one-computer-with-rp2350b-8mb-psram-16mb-flash-four-usb-host-dvi-hdmi-output-and-audio-codec-for-retro-computer-emulation-and-education/ #oshw #raspberrypi #pico2 #retrocomputer #retrogaming #apple2 #oric
Come see the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter at the VCF SouthWest Show in Dallas, TX this weekend. Table 135.
You can see it in action on #Commodore, #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #IBM, #ColecoAdam, #Trs80CoCo, and others.
More gems from my visit last Tuesday. Btw. most of the machines are ready to run or run (like that #apple2). #retrocomputing #datarena #computermuseum
For #525FloppyDay I chose to post a picture of a box with disks containing old a new software (as recent as 2000) for #apple2.
This box has been a bit of problem for me to read correctly and I think the problem lies that all my drives for archiving have their track 0 sensor calibrated correctly. This box of floppies have been likely written with an Apple Disk 2 - those don't have a track 0 sensor and the alignment can be all over the place.
I don't have a good plan on how to connect my Apple Disk 2 with a #greaseweazle right now, another solution could be to acquire another 40 track 5 1/4 inch drive and play with the track 0 sensor.
Another plan could be to acquire a calibration disk, so I can re-adjust my regular floppy drive I use for archiving, but these seem to be almost impossible to find. Suggestions welcome!
"They sold the van..." 
My goodness, what a powerful talk this is.
Didn't think I could admire what @shanselman does for the tech community more. I was wrong 
Come for the laughs. Stay for the tears.
Learn, Change, then change the world... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVG8W-0p6vg
(Now updated with final recording)
#Technology #TEDx #Apple2 #C64 #T1D #OpenSource #AI
I have added flicker-free planets to the #Apple II version of #Elite.
Flicker-free on the left, original version on the right.
That's every 6502 version done now. No-one left behind!
Info and downloads: https://elite.bbcelite.com/hacks/flicker-free_elite.html
#AppleII #Cistercian numerals written in #Applesoft BASIC running in the KEGS #apple2 emulator. #rosettacode
https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Cistercian_numerals#Applesoft_BASIC
35 years later... It's finally there! https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/shufflepuck-cafe-for-apple-ii/
Second Apple II Shufflepuck beta released: https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/04/19/first-beta-release-of-shufflepuck-for-apple-ii/
It contains three fixes, a few animations improvements, and a Pause feature.
The first beta version of Shufflepuck Cafe for the Apple II is... published!
The Hand is in!!
And I have a full 1024 bytes left in the CODE segment.
Big commit, I had to move lots of init code to the ONCE segment, but this had to be done at some point, and I *think* I have everything I want in ??
This week-end is probably be beta-release week-end!
♬ 
