trying to port plink to NT 3.10, by wrapping SetHandleInformation() and IsDBCSLeadByteEx() there is no more unresolved functions. but it seems that OpenWatcom's startup code doesn't work in NT 3.10. #retroprogramming #retrocomputing

#retrocomputing

Feb 17

**Allanon** @allanon@mastodon.uno · Feb 13

Allanon @allanon@mastodon.uno

Some more progresses on the script editor:
Cursor's position
File name text box
Changed content indicator
Undo/Redo
Load
Save
Save As
Cancel
Copy/Cut/Paste
Click on command -> Insert template at current cursor's position

The list is long but the code is pretty easy, I hope to complete this part in 2-3 days

Here is a screenshot of the Script Editor, it's divided in two columns:
- Right : The script we are editing
- Left : The list of available commands with the template and a brief description
On the bottom there is the cirsor position, the file name box and a marked that indicates if the file has changed since the last save or not.
There are also some buttons on the bottom:
- Undo/Redo
- Load
- Save / Save As
- Cancel

#amiga #thegate #gamedev

Feb 13

**Roy Tam** @roytam1@miniwa.moe · Feb 8 *

Roy Tam @roytam1@miniwa.moe

what about hacking around to make putty-win32s working on NT 3.50? Yes!
but without TreeView that hurts.
#retroprogramming #retrocomputing

#retrocomputing

Feb 8 *

**Allanon** @allanon@mastodon.uno · Feb 7

Allanon @allanon@mastodon.uno

January roundup! The post is public :)

#amiga #thegate #retrodev #retroprogramming #commodore #indiedev #solodev #comal #programminglanguage

https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-roundup-121706739

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Feb 7

**Allanon** @allanon@mastodon.uno · Jan 30

Allanon @allanon@mastodon.uno

About #COMAL for #Amiga ...
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I can't understand how it is possible that I missed this language so advanced for the time.
I'm rewriting the manual to share it in HTML format (and also to understand this language in more depth), and from what I see it seems incredible for those times...

How is it possible that it has been almost forgotten? Or maybe it's just me who has never met this language on my path.

I'm getting the urge to use it for something

A screenshot od the manual index I'm rewriting about COMAL language

Screenshot of several platforms for which COMAL was available including: BBC Micro, Commodore PET, Commodore 64, Amiga, Compis, Scandis, CP/M, IBM PC, Tiki 100, ZX Spectrum, MacOS, Unix, MS DOS and Windows32

#retroprogramming #retrocoding

Jan 30

**Allanon** @allanon@mastodon.uno · Jan 27

Allanon @allanon@mastodon.uno

Oooh, yes! It's just the beginning but the idea of the script editor is here, with all the commands available listed on the left and the editor on the right
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#amiga #thegate #gamedev #retrodev #Retroprogramming #indiedev #solodev

A screenshot of the game editor with the script editor opened, it's divided into two areas: the commands list and the script text editor area

Jan 27

**Roy Tam** @roytam1@miniwa.moe · Jan 26

Roy Tam @roytam1@miniwa.moe

forked putty-win32s to add UTF-8 and proper ExtTextOut support. https://github.com/roytam1/putty-win32s #retorcomputing #retroprogramming

#retroprogramming

Jan 26

**Roy Tam** @roytam1@miniwa.moe · Jan 13

Roy Tam @roytam1@miniwa.moe

MSC 8.00b can compile my forked patcherfcb ( https://github.com/roytam1/rtoss/blob/master/patcherfcb/patcherfcb.c ) to a DOS .COM executable without any changes! and it really works! that surprises me! #retrocomputing #retroprogramming

GitHubrtoss/patcherfcb/patcherfcb.c at master · roytam1/rtossAutomatically exported from code.google.com/p/rtoss - roytam1/rtoss

#retroprogramming

Jan 13

**Roy Tam** @roytam1@miniwa.moe · Jan 8

Roy Tam @roytam1@miniwa.moe

hacked around ntldd's code to make it (kind of) work on NT 3.1. changes are pushed to https://github.com/roytam1/ntldd #retroprogramming #retrocomputing

#retrocomputing

Jan 8

**Rick T-137** @rickt137@astrodon.social · Jan 4

Rick T-137 @rickt137@astrodon.social

#Poll Heads up VIC-20 owners (past and present)! Please let me know which logo your VIC-20 had/has (see image in previous post). Thank you!

40%A) Coloured Stripes
40%B) Rainbow Font
20%C) Black and Silver

#RetroComputing #Commodore #VIC20

Jan 4

**Rick T-137** @rickt137@astrodon.social · Jan 4

Rick T-137 @rickt137@astrodon.social

Heads up VIC-20 owners (past and present)! I'm about to start a poll regarding the type of logo you had on your childhood VIC-20. For the record, my VICs have always had the silver and black logo (I've owned four VIC-20's in my life so far!).

#RetroComputing #Commodore #VIC20

Jan 4