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Bill E
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Win Heagy
2
Jul 10
Another retro graphics demo added
These graphics demos are very cool and are a great way to show off the machine. Thanks for the
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Another retro graphics demo added
These graphics demos are very cool and are a great way to show off the machine. Thanks for the
Jul 10
Carlo Valpiani
, …
John Kennedy
4
Jul 9
Is there a PDP-1 programming style / how to guide?
If you have an iPhone/iPad/Mac, you might also find this useful: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dec-
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Is there a PDP-1 programming style / how to guide?
If you have an iPhone/iPad/Mac, you might also find this useful: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dec-
Jul 9
Bill E
Jul 8
New cube2 demo coming
I think it's amazingly impressive, but that's just me. I'm running it, will check it in
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New cube2 demo coming
I think it's amazingly impressive, but that's just me. I'm running it, will check it in
Jul 8
Carlo Valpiani
, …
Norbert Landsteiner
5
Jul 7
Help with circle
I found an integer transpose and rotate algorithm at www.geometrictools.com and implemented the
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Help with circle
I found an integer transpose and rotate algorithm at www.geometrictools.com and implemented the
Jul 7
Bill E
Jul 6
Drum IOT update
The Type 23 Drum has been updated to actually cycle-steal and to use real-time determined timing
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Drum IOT update
The Type 23 Drum has been updated to actually cycle-steal and to use real-time determined timing
Jul 6
Bill E
Jul 5
Finally fixed the virtual panel
It now says 'HS CYCLE' like it should. More significantly, the way it turned on and off the
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Finally fixed the virtual panel
It now says 'HS CYCLE' like it should. More significantly, the way it turned on and off the
Jul 5
Bill E
Jul 4
Change to the new hardware panel driver
The brightness setting really wasn't correct. It was a scaling factor applied to all brightness
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Change to the new hardware panel driver
The brightness setting really wasn't correct. It was a scaling factor applied to all brightness
Jul 4
Bill E
Jul 3
Potentially significant performance update
This is a bit embarrassing, a number of the makefiles had debugging turned on for gcc, some left over
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Potentially significant performance update
This is a bit embarrassing, a number of the makefiles had debugging turned on for gcc, some left over
Jul 3
Bill E
Jul 2
Newpanel updates
Major (and tedious) tuning efforts have been made to be sure newpanel is as isolated from scheduler
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Newpanel updates
Major (and tedious) tuning efforts have been made to be sure newpanel is as isolated from scheduler
Jul 2
Bill E
, …
Carlo Valpiani
9
Jul 1
Here's an example of what you can do with the Type 340 display
and here I am struggling to write a program to rotate an ellipse in 2D while trying to learn the
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Here's an example of what you can do with the Type 340 display
and here I am struggling to write a program to rotate an ellipse in 2D while trying to learn the
Jul 1
Bill E
, …
Paul Birkel
10
Jul 1
Recent changes summary
Bugfix in t30dpy.c and t30dpy3.c, an older point could overwrite a newer one, should be the other way
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Recent changes summary
Bugfix in t30dpy.c and t30dpy3.c, an older point could overwrite a newer one, should be the other way
Jul 1
Bill E
,
ChrisK
2
Jun 27
Thanks!
I'm really enjoying writing C in the Arduino ecosystem. It's small, clean and pure. On Sat,
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Thanks!
I'm really enjoying writing C in the Arduino ecosystem. It's small, clean and pure. On Sat,
Jun 27
Bill E
,
sunnyboy010101
31
Jun 20
Pidp1-mods development log
Installed. FYI one error when doing 'make' in Funstuff directory: am1 cgdemo.am1 am1: invalid
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Pidp1-mods development log
Installed. FYI one error when doing 'make' in Funstuff directory: am1 cgdemo.am1 am1: invalid
Jun 20
Bill E
2
Jun 20
Soroban question
No feeback as usual. It really seems this was an implementation fail. I've changed things so red/
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Soroban question
No feeback as usual. It really seems this was an implementation fail. I've changed things so red/
Jun 20
Bill E
, …
Jon Jackson
21
Jun 18
Dragging people screaming and kicking into the future
I still have my SYM-1 SBC with a keyboard, upgraded ROMs including a Digitalker ROM, and an S-100 bus
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Dragging people screaming and kicking into the future
I still have my SYM-1 SBC with a keyboard, upgraded ROMs including a Digitalker ROM, and an S-100 bus
Jun 18
Bill E
Jun 18
Some fun snowflake details
If you've ever wondering just what snowflake is doing to the display, t30dpy can accumulate some
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Some fun snowflake details
If you've ever wondering just what snowflake is doing to the display, t30dpy can accumulate some
Jun 18
Bill E
Jun 18
More t30dpy fixes for the never-ending wayland./labwc bugs
A rendering issue in t30dpy3 specific to the pi using the trixie x11 hardware driver and alpha
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More t30dpy fixes for the never-ending wayland./labwc bugs
A rendering issue in t30dpy3 specific to the pi using the trixie x11 hardware driver and alpha
Jun 18
Bill E
Jun 17
A note on the new panel driver
The linux scheduler on some systems reportedly cause a pause in the panel updates every semi-random
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A note on the new panel driver
The linux scheduler on some systems reportedly cause a pause in the panel updates every semi-random
Jun 17
Bill E
Jun 17
SIgnificant additon to both t30dpy versions
To make it easier to deal with some of the wayland/labwc silliness, you can now drag the window by
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SIgnificant additon to both t30dpy versions
To make it easier to deal with some of the wayland/labwc silliness, you can now drag the window by
Jun 17
Bill E
, …
sunnyboy010101
7
Jun 16
The new panel driver is ready.
Bill, I just downloaded the latest version of your pidp1-mods and installed it (default = all yes). I
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The new panel driver is ready.
Bill, I just downloaded the latest version of your pidp1-mods and installed it (default = all yes). I
Jun 16
Bill E
Jun 16
Success! The CHM test program now works propery!
This took some major effort to fix the light updating in pdp1 and a pretty deep analysis of the
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Success! The CHM test program now works propery!
This took some major effort to fix the light updating in pdp1 and a pretty deep analysis of the
Jun 16
Bill E
,
Carlo Valpiani
6
Jun 16
Pi5, trixie, wayland continued
t30dpy and t30dpy3 now center the window in x11 again. Bill
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Pi5, trixie, wayland continued
t30dpy and t30dpy3 now center the window in x11 again. Bill
Jun 16
Bill E
, …
Carlo Valpiani
10
Jun 16
Very annoying issue using the trixie os release on the pi5
I probably missed something, I'll check it out as I put back window centering under x11. Bill
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Very annoying issue using the trixie os release on the pi5
I probably missed something, I'll check it out as I put back window centering under x11. Bill
Jun 16
Bill E
,
AB
2
Jun 15
The panel_pidp1 simuation error
I laughed and woke the wife up with that one On Monday, June 15, 2026 at 12:40:53 PM UTC-4 wjegr...@
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The panel_pidp1 simuation error
I laughed and woke the wife up with that one On Monday, June 15, 2026 at 12:40:53 PM UTC-4 wjegr...@
Jun 15
Bill E
2
Jun 13
Socket writes on the pi 5
And I've answered my own question by doing, duh, some research. Its a known problem with the rpi5
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Socket writes on the pi 5
And I've answered my own question by doing, duh, some research. Its a known problem with the rpi5
Jun 13
Bill E
Jun 13
Win 11 executable of T30dpy added to its own repository
https://github.com/wjenh/T30dpy-windows.git This has a statically linked exe that runs quite well.
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Win 11 executable of T30dpy added to its own repository
https://github.com/wjenh/T30dpy-windows.git This has a statically linked exe that runs quite well.
Jun 13
Bill E
2
Jun 8
SDL3 version of t30dpy added
I tracked down why p7sim performs so poorly on most platforms but is fine on the pi4. It's kind
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SDL3 version of t30dpy added
I tracked down why p7sim performs so poorly on most platforms but is fine on the pi4. It's kind
Jun 8
AB
Jun 7
some nice little snippets
https://flashbak.com/the-pdp-1-483567/
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some nice little snippets
https://flashbak.com/the-pdp-1-483567/
Jun 7
Bill E
,
Whit Turner
3
Jun 5
Question about OS versions people are using
I've decided to stick with SDL2 for now. SDL3 has only been released on most of the Linux
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Question about OS versions people are using
I've decided to stick with SDL2 for now. SDL3 has only been released on most of the Linux
Jun 5
Matthias Barthel
,
Bill E
3
Jun 4
Sound with the pdp1
Ok thanks Bill, The programflag drivers generates the sound via a rc filters. The program for the
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Sound with the pdp1
Ok thanks Bill, The programflag drivers generates the sound via a rc filters. The program for the
Jun 4