Profoundly Nerdy

My retro computing niche is source code archaeology: the art of reconstructing maintainable source code from disassembly and reverse engineering. It's harder than it sounds but also fascinating and rewarding. I also enjoy working with unpopular or niche programming languages. I very much follow the beat of a different drum.

retro: [#c64](https://bitbang.social/tags/c64 )
code: [#rakulang](https://bitbang.social/tags/rakulang ) [#perl](https://bitbang.social/tags/perl )
linux: [#gentoo](https://bitbang.social/tags/gentoo )

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2025-12-29 17:45:41 UTC

Programming languages that change how you think about programming...
* Assembly
* BASIC
* Forth
* Haskell
* Lisp
* Perl
* Raku
What else should be on this list?
#programming #assembly #basic #freebasic #forth #haskell #lisp #perl #rakulang

2025-09-12 14:16:37 UTC

My club is getting into CW. I just watched HRCC's video on CW over UHF/VHF, using a lightly nodded Quansheng HT.
Has anybody here ever run a CW net on these frequencies? How does propagation compare to FM? #hamradio #morsecode

2025-04-27 13:40:29 UTC

Those of you who taught yourself to code at a young age, how old were you and what language was it, and on what platform?
How would you suggest replicating the experience for current or future generations?
For me it was BASIC at about 13 years old, but I think it would have been much sooner if I had regular access to a computer sooner. I started on a used Commodore 128D but ended up on a Laser Apple II clone.
#programming #retrocomputing #askfedi

2024-12-26 03:12:48 UTC

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I went to *try* to implement a very simple interpreter on the virtual C64. I'll have it listen for input over RS-232. There should be a way to bind a TCP port to the virtual RS-232 port. Then, from the Linux host I can pop open a terminal window and telnet to the virtual C64 user port. It will be expecting input. I pass it text and it should store, fetch, or execute as instructed.
Better? Or clear as mud?

2024-09-04 20:14:30 UTC

Graybeard devs, how the heck did you get stuff done prior to proper version control? I'm sure you took backups to cover your ass, but what other stuff did you have to do?
#programming #linux #retrocomputing

2024-09-01 15:34:11 UTC

People who prefer BSD over Linux, why? Also do BSD admins compile their programs, akin to Gentoo in the Linux world, or are packages all binary?
Honest question, not a prelude to flaming anyone over their OS.
#Linux #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #Gentoo #sysadmin

2024-08-08 13:12:31 UTC

Is there a #Fullthrust-like game for #Linux or #DOS? Think turn-based mass unit combat, hex square-based movement, fleets and lots of tactical strategy.
#opensource #retrogaming