Hello, friend. | |
Here we are again. It's been longer than I expected. And yet, I | |
still feel like I don't know where to begin. As they say, start at | |
the beginning. | |
I haven't written all year, and I don't know why. Just couldn't | |
work up the motivation to really sit down and write. It's a shame, | |
really -- I probably would've benefitted from such an outlet. But | |
here we are, three quarters of the way through the year and | |
nothing to show for it on gopherspace. Well, some track listings, | |
but nothing phlog-wise. A ~/ of half-finished thoughts and missed | |
opportunities. Is that a bad thing though? After all, gopherland | |
is more than just phlogs. | |
So instead of recounting the year's events, why don't I start the | |
year fresh, this wonderful September day? | |
I'm writing now from something I found myself doing on the | |
fediverse: documenting shower thoughts. Not because it wasn't | |
popular there (narrator: it wasn't), but because I feel this is | |
the more appropriate medium for it. I'll start with one I had a | |
little bit ago, and I'd love to write about another but it's | |
slipped my mind. It's just an impetus to actually write them down | |
here instead of escaping into the aether. | |
For some time now I've really wanted a MSSIAH cartridge. It's | |
purpose is simple: play the SID chip inside a C64 as a MIDI | |
device. This, of course, is right up my alley, because I love all | |
(ok, most) things SID, and I've been kicking myself since I missed | |
my chance to own a SidStation. Unemployment has that effect. But | |
while I know I would absolutely love to get this cart and play all | |
the .MIDs squirreled away on it, wouldn't it be more fun to DIY? | |
(The answer is "yes") | |
So I have this COne that I picked up ages ago because it's cool | |
and I like playing with C64s, and reconfigurable computers were | |
supposed to be the future and everything, but of course I lost | |
interest and didn't grab the expansion board for the minimig core, | |
and my first idea for a project implementing the NES on it fell | |
flat as soon as I learned someone already did it. So why don't I | |
take this fancy computer and configure it up to be a MIDI device? | |
Sounds plausible, and far from the worst idea of the week. It will | |
keep me out of trouble and I've been itching to mess with VHDL | |
again. Of course, the IEC port is not the same as a MIDI port, but | |
a quick adapter should solve that. | |
Hrm, I might actually do this one if I work up the motivation... | |
Tags: #back #showerthoughts | |
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