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by Marko
20 Jun 2018, 18:44
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: BASIC
Replies: 31
Views: 21814

Re: BASIC

Happy 552-month birthday ;)

Seriously, that's awesome to see running!
by Marko
17 Jun 2018, 19:55
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: USB-Gameport dongle
Replies: 8
Views: 5986

Re: USB-Gameport dongle

Did you wire the controller DB9 straight through to the output? If you hacked BabelFish I guess you're switching it in software somehow? Switched in software on the Arduino whenever it's not using the serial port for commands/downloads etc: here's the circuit diagram, (pretty simple) and here's the...
by Marko
17 Jun 2018, 19:27
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: USB-Gameport dongle
Replies: 8
Views: 5986

Re: USB-Gameport dongle

Looks great! The only thing missing is a pass-through DB9 connector for the controller, (I got sick of continuously unplugging the Arduino and plugging in the controller). So I added a male DB9 connector to my Arduino Nano and a slight mod to BabelFish.ino and now no more stress. Did you wire the c...
by Marko
17 Jun 2018, 18:51
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: USB-Gameport dongle
Replies: 8
Views: 5986

Re: USB-Gameport dongle

Yup, did consider adding another DB9 and may still do. Been wrangling with my printer, as usual :)
by Marko
17 Jun 2018, 14:38
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: USB-Gameport dongle
Replies: 8
Views: 5986

USB-Gameport dongle

Afternoon all,

I'll grant it's a little over-engineered, but I've built a USB-Gameport dongle for programming the G.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2965288/files



Marko
by Marko
03 Jun 2018, 13:24
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: BASIC
Replies: 31
Views: 21814

Re: BASIC

My thoughts, FWIW... I think the choice of how the BASIC is implemented is pretty crucial, and that really depends on what we're trying to achieve. I love the idea of being able to boot the G and start running BASIC programs, or issuing BASIC commands in immediate mode. It's just what the early mach...
by Marko
31 May 2018, 21:30
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: WIP: Tetris + any GCL tips?
Replies: 29
Views: 19352

Re: WIP: Tetris + any GCL tips?

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Working for me too :) I just swapped the Arduino plug out for the game controller.

Really nice!
by Marko
31 May 2018, 09:00
Forum: Hardware and software hacking
Topic: Documentation...?
Replies: 1
Views: 2519

Documentation...?

Morning all, A general question, and I think I know the answer! - is there any documentation for programming the Gigatron other than what's up on git? The unit looks so nice, it needs to be shown off. I've a simple magic mirror application in mind. A slightly hacked Mandelbrot app, displaying time/w...