Michael Doornbos
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This satellite tracker is very cool. You have to hand enter the TLE data which isn't a big deal. It's in BASIC though so just oh so slow ;-) #commodore #c64 #hamradio
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Apr 20, 2021
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Michael Doornbos
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← Gonna try to do a Commodore 64 to Commodore 64 Packet session THROUGH the ISS with @K0FFY_Radio. The only thing I was missing was a TNC, so I picked this one up that's a HAT for a Raspberry Pi. If it works, it'll be nice and portable.
15 years after we landed on the moon, a Commodore 64 running BASIC could find the prime numbers between 1 and 10000 in 16 minutes. Same algorithm in Python on a MacBook: 0.04 seconds. Rust: 0.002 seconds. What are you doing with this power? Nothing. Lame. →