Two Stop Bits | with the end of 3.5 disks and the rise of retro machines usage i do feel there i...

zxm 6 days ago | parent

with the end of 3.5 disks and the rise of retro machines usage i do feel there is a place for some standard device that would fit in a 3.5" slot that would replace it. some sort of 'super floppy'. whether it writes to mini-sd, sd, compact flash or usb wouldn't matter much. just a way to easily transfer from modern compute to retro computer. something that will be around for the next 20 years.

bmonkey325 5 days ago
For 8 bits - Fuji net. Basically gives you mass storage access over a network. Atari, apple, coco , Adam and I saw some prelim work for IBM PC.
https://fujinet.online/
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- ddingus 7 hours ago
  Artifacts are visuals that come from contrived abuses. Or that appear despite the intent for them not to appear.
  On the Apple, Woz leaned into NTSC and employed it to what I consider pretty great effect.
  Dithers are contrived uses, not abuses!
  The difference is one can dither on any display system and achieve visuals that convey greater color depth or more intensity granularity than the system design intent would allow for.
  Again, on the Apple, artists would combine artifact colors, as well as the lack of color, say black and white, in ways that suggest other colors not intended.
  The dot patterns can suggest various intensities and hues one cannot just ask for jn a COLOR = statement.
  Does that help?
  I will try and find an image or two to link a bit later.
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- ddingus 1 day ago
  Hey I missed you linking a sample image generated on the color system I was musing about.
  https://twostopbits.com/item?id=5863
  https://hackaday.io/project/164212/gallery#0f87e94323e101952...
  I do not think it matches up. Too bad! But maybe the author will share details. I really wanted to know what they did.
  Also, after I get past this appointment, maybe we can chat about dither vs artifact.
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