Welcome to my part of the Internet. On here you’ll find links to all my YouTube videos, blog posts and explanations of the various hardware and software projects I’ve been working on. You’ll find me writing C or assembly on various old and obsolete systems, letting the magic smoke out of electronics and working on retro computers. If it’s technical and involves computers or electronics, I’m interested in it.
What happens when you set out to build a pocket calculator? Follow along as we go through the thoroughly bizarre story of how trying to do complex maths and fit…
How did the 1880 US Census and the end of World War 2 lead to the invention of the computer? What was it that kickstarted the Information Age? Come with…
Understand the concept of tiling a plane by arranging regular tiles in a systematic manner, creating visually pleasing patterns. Additionally, get introduced to Wang tiles, a fascinating method that employs…
It’s the Easter holidays and I’ve got two weeks off work. Amongst highly exciting things like weeding the garden and waiting for a new washing machine to be delivered, I’m…
I’ve been having a bit of a play around with my Agon Light, trying to come up with some ideas for a future video. I’ve discovered it has quite a…
How to write code for the Agon Light (and Console8) using C instead of BASIC, under Linux. It might work with WSL2 in Windows, and it might work on a…
For no reason other than I can, I’ve set up a PeerTube instance to also upload my videos to. It’s…
I’m working on getting a joystick port working on my Agon Light. They don’t come with joystick ports, but there…
In preparation for my next video I’ve been tidying up some cellular automata code I wrote. There’s some good old…