2026-09-28T00:49:48Z https://njump.me Mark Bessey https://njump.me/npub1me45hzzzmnk9d79az5rxamllegsl6832qth7l5uu2upzve3vpt9qskznra https://files.sfba.social/accounts/avatars/109/362/902/452/473/029/original/ad6cbca9ef660924.png https://files.sfba.social/accounts/avatars/109/362/902/452/473/029/original/ad6cbca9ef660924.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqspwz8gwzct8tfus2f8nguwswm5a4s8tew9pruuvdnqcjczahes4mszyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v5j6dtfe Some #birds of #australia<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/116/473/411/271/700/978/original/feb12d16fef53a52.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/116/473/411/590/906/196/original/acdab1bae0123cc1.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.sfba.social/media_attachments/files/116/473/411/872/403/478/original/b07709c97848412c.png"> 2026-04-26T22:41:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr0cj2ml8pjk0rj3c70v8p7cdv0zh3gptt0rg7ske7r7x9gmxt8gczyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v52vcp37 Hello, my lovely #retrogaming #videogame nerds - I have a research question for you:<br/><br/>What video games of the 1970s to 1990s used a virtual-machine architecture to ease porting to the wide variety of home computer systems of the time? I have already found Infocom&#39;s Z-machine, and Sierra&#39;s AGI, as well as the VM inside Another World. Pointers to other examples, and *especially* to technical descriptions of their internal architecture, would be really appreciated.<br/>#videogames 2025-05-20T06:03:47Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdm09wap5f5md3q3nz50c09447e882ty97unlj59254dsfpynq9eqzyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v5r92quw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspl2vkp0uy9uthxnmffjml8wv5k447jv0w86r3cpy06cfxfwvr09cpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qzpkgnk'>nevent1q…kgnk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq2fnh0k60ehthkkyjdx6ze9c5rlc3c82vmshksxf0fplf69s4c3usf8ae45" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq2fnh0k60ehthkkyjdx6ze9c5rlc3c82vmshksxf0fplf69s4c3usf8ae45</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…ae45</span>)</a></span> huh. I did not know that Pecan Systems ported the p-System to the Amiga. I would totally have been in the market for that back in 1989 or so.<br/><br/>Well, adding that to the list to investigate. I suspect that would have been version IV port... 2025-04-30T15:53:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqw6ewljgymxhxuqa4vemetw3889jsfkqr2eezyp4s0kuen48xv7gzyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v5mvjzzf Oh look - it&#39;s a new blog post, an introduction to the USCD p-System Editor, *written on* the UCSD Pascal Editor:<br/><a href="https://markbessey.blog/2025/04/29/ucsd-pascal-in-depth/">https://markbessey.blog/2025/04/29/ucsd-pascal-in-depth/</a><br/><br/>Yes, this means that my #Rust #psystem utility can successfully copy files off of the emulator disk image, and convert them into Mac-formatted text, from the frankly bizarre format that&#39;s native to the text editor.<br/><br/>#retrocomputing #appleii #pascal 2025-04-30T00:34:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs27zfp4l7mu8zt40rucngpmcnr09gdhkw3euzxqlx0rh8hdv07lpgzyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v57c3qek I was watching the latest season of Black Mirror yesterday, and when I saw that DHL is apparently the official delivery company of dystopian futurism, I thought &#34;yeah , that tracks&#34;. I wonder if they actually PAID for product placement, or if they were the only delivery company NOT to pay? 2025-04-22T20:37:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw3pdm0du08cdsj2rntp09lqrh6ze4rqv499tnh0mar3k2kdrvy5gzyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v56vt5z0 I wrote a new blog post: <br/>A blast from the past: The UCSD p-System, Apple Pascal, and a dream of cross-platform compatibility never quite realized.<br/><a href="https://markbessey.blog/2025/04/14/a-blast-from-the-past/">https://markbessey.blog/2025/04/14/a-blast-from-the-past/</a><br/>#programming #pascal #retrocomputing 2025-04-15T06:31:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8tqzxueym5dvzasrudsr35ud0pcwxf9cvleelh84zj3u5n30j98gzyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v5keh7d2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcm4p87d5jqwcpfwz63esh2a53uaevzwm9w9d6tlmqrk6a4kgeyqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43q43hnfv'>nevent1q…hnfv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqupkp7fd7rc3lrjg23r8gy0wc723vze7mxlx5984ut6zurjzpf5xsv56m2n" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqupkp7fd7rc3lrjg23r8gy0wc723vze7mxlx5984ut6zurjzpf5xsv56m2n</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…6m2n</span>)</a></span> my version of this would have about 95% overlap. I never use tmux or screen, since I&#39;m nearly always using a GUI terminal emulator. I think I&#39;ve used cal once or twice. I probably use killall everywhere you&#39;d use pkill. Obviously, &#34;find&#34; is an omission, so I won&#39;t count that as a difference.<br/><br/>I use about 1% of awk, but I use it more often than cut, because if I have to remember one weird set of rules, I&#39;ll just use it, even if it&#39;s overkill. 2025-04-02T19:55:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs800uee8ccfr4updt9xgpj05dy6l2f2nnuf04mejumm2gyt866rqszyr0xkjuggtwwc4hch52svmh0ll9zrlg79gpwlm7nn3tsyfnx9s9v5qear43 Last week, I told a bunch of people at a storytelling night about the time I came closest to killing myself. I&#39;m still processing the emotional fallout of that, it was raw, and it was hard, but I think it will eventually have been good for me.<br/><br/>And just this week, I found out that a former co-worker&#39;s young son committed suicide, after struggling with major depression for most of his short life.<br/><br/>For my fellow #depression sufferers, especially if they&#39;re down in the pit RIGHT NOW, I want to say - <br/><br/>I know it feels like nothing is ever going to get better. I know it HURTS in a way you can&#39;t even explain to other people. And I know it seems like there is only one way to stop the pain. I see that, and I have lived it, and I acknowledge it. But...<br/><br/>Depression is a LIE. The voice that tells you everything is shit, the gray filter over the beauty of a sunset, the woolen mittens over everything you touch? It&#39;s all bullshit. You are not worthless, you are not alone, YOU MATTER (to me). 2025-03-04T21:56:55Z