Author Archives: mrdoornbos
RC4 in Assembly is still kicking my butt. This is close but wrong. The python and BASIC versions took and hour, I don’t know how long I’ve been at this version this week, but I still don’t have it. Sigh.
Trying out a thing on Fridays I’m currently calling “The Nostalgia Files”. In this first one I reveal my favorite book of all time.
Read it here.
RC4 in assembly… stuck on the nested loops with a double position swap. This one is making my brain hurt. I’m sure it will seem obvious once I get it but I’m putting it down for the evening.
Some new additions to our library
10 minute before work progress: Confirmed this is a working RC4 in BASIC with both a standard library and my python version. Assembly version is already about 60% complete. My first real stream cipher… super happy at the moment.
Am a little stuck with the next few ciphers so I’m turning to Bruce. This book weighs like 19 pounds. Light bedtime reading.
My controversial stance on modding retro hardware: I’m fine with modern drop in functional equivalents, but I don’t want a replacement that implements extra features. I want the original experience extended past the life of some of the components
Way fewer people will read my long form posts than watch a video, but Reason number 27 why I put the bulk of my effort into long form posts on a platform I have full control over:
Exhibit #27
