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Pasi's bitstuff

"Secret of successful code is in the proper balance of 0's and 1's"

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Here you can find selected photos, graphics and screenshots featured on my blog posts and this site. Sharing the images unmodified is free and encouraged, just please link back to this site. Thanks!

iCade cabinet for iPads I found this iCade cabinet from flea market for 4 €. Then I got the idea of resurrecting some old software that I wrote in 80's, and start a blog about it.	My Lastucase iPhone back cover I'm obviously fond of this little guy So much that I use him as my avatar and insignia. Here I used him on my phone back cover. He is a pixel graphic video game character called Arttu (a diminutive Finnish form corresponding to the name Arthur). To me he represents A-quality work even when working with limited resources. The story of Arttu is the story of how I became a programmer in the first place, chronicled in the blog.	Mystery machine More about this thing later...
ARTTU for Oric-1 ARTTU: single-level simple platform game written in BASIC	Huimapää Jake for Oric-1 Three-level platform game, still in BASIC	Huimapää Jake Level 3
Huimapää Jake Level 1	Little Knight Arthur for C64 Loading Screen	Little Knight Arthur for C64 Programmed in machine language. See the elements carried from original BASIC game, such as shield and spiders.
Level 3 of Little Knight Arthur	Level 2 of Little Knight Arthur	Level 4 of Little Knight Arthur
Level 5 of Little Knight Arthur	Level 7 of Little Knight Arthur This level closely resembles the original single level of ARTTU for Oric-1	Level 6 of Little Knight Arthur

Oric-1 unboxing

Oric-1 box Ordered by mail and delivered from UK to Finland in 1983. Box has suffered some wear and tear, it's been over three decades after all.	Oric-1 box From top. Proudly listing features of this British microcomputer.	Oric-1 box Bottom side
Oric-1 box Underside	Oric-1 box Sleeve removed, styrofoam suffered over the years and repaired with some tape.	Oric-1 box opened
Oric-1 box opened	Oric-1 box contents Some cables are missing, and power supply plug is loose from cable.	Oric-1 microcomputer The Keys are a bit uncomfortable, but all of them are still working. They give a clear tactile and audible response to pressing, but are slippery. No umlaut characters on this keyboard.
Oric-1 PSU up close 9 V DC out, about 5.4 A, cable plug broken loose due repeated inserting and removing. Oric-1 does not have power switch.	Oric-1 and BASIC Programming Manual Underside view. Speaker grille and reset switch slot are visible. Rubber feet keep the light machine firmly in place while typing or playing games.	Oric-1 ports From left to right: RF TV-out, RGB monitor port, cassette+audio I/O, printer port, expansion port, and power socket. Manual lists the pins.
Oric-1 and BASIC Programming Manual

Oric-1 BASIC Programming Manual

Front cover	Cover page	Friendly introduction
Setting the computer up	Setup instructions Concise but sufficient	Introduction to BASIC
Oric-1 Hello World	Classic Oric sound effects	Sound and music commands
Bitmap graphics Graphics programming requires binary-decimal conversion skills.	Redefining characters	Graphics modes
Processor model and opcode set

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