Chris Davis
If the firmware is loaded on an Arduino Due and run without any front panel hardware connected, the emulator will automatically detect this and force RUN mode. This allows BASIC or other programs to run on a bare Due with nothing but a USB serial connection. With headless mode enabled,...
Chris Davis
Version 1.0.3 and later have a location to add an ESP-01s: This can be used to communicate with the Altair-Duino 680 via Telnet over a Wi-Fi connection. You can order this module from my website, or you can purchase one from many online sellers and program it yourself (using this code). You will...
Chris Davis
The Altair 680 did not recognize the backspace key as we use it today. Instead, the user was expected to correct entry errors by using a rubout character. On the Altair 680 the rubout character is the underscore (“_”). Entering an underscore meant the previous character was ignored (although...
Aaron Knobloch
After dragging my feet for quite some time, I finally decided to set up an email service associated with my site. I needed a stable way of sending alert emails for the variety of scripts I've developed, and leveraging Google's SMTP servers gets hairy due to their policies on less secure apps. But,...
Adrian
There are a bunch of little snippets I occasionally need but can’t always quite remember the syntax for, e.g. * [] for checklists or ``` for code blocks``` To use these without looking up the syntax, I’ve configured shortcodes for more memorable commands – * t for checklists and...