Sparing Expenses While a definitive list of the NACSIM 5100A requirements elude me, I would have assumed the power supply to be a high-priority concern, especially considering that if a GRiD power
Putting It to Bed Recap The TGC (TEMPEST GRiDCase)'s expansion board, which enables the end-user to install their own ROMs, has 28-pin sockets and a very low ceiling.[1] The former limits the
Don't do it the hard way Semiconductor memory manufacturers offered pin-compatible chips, why not use them? Well, because installing an EPROM with soldered pins and jumper wires is gross. But, the important pins do match and
Minimum Headroom Adapting a 32-pin EPROM such as the 27C010 for use in a 28-pin socket is a solved problem.[1] Whatever form that adaptation takes, whether it be jumpers soldered directly
128KB in a 64KB Bag There are four (accessible) ROM sockets on the TEMPEST GRiDCase, all 28 pin DIL and with very little clearance up top for the bunch.[1] If you've got some EPROMs
The Builder of ROMs All TEMPEST GRiDCase computers that I've seen share certain basic characteristics. Floppy-based. No ISA bus.[1] The only expansion options were peripherals.[2] No "extra room" inside the
Remember to Remember If the user finds a particular calculation's results valuable, it would be nice if the app possessed the ability to save them, or more specifically, save the particular set of
Walking (Not Talking) Part One. The movement animation, for the instances of Denizen which roam the beach, should start and stop seamlessly, in response both to changes in the instance's internal instructions and
Preferred Area Once the Denizens populate the beach and dot the landscape, they'll undoubtedly need something to do. It would seem that the most obvious behavior a beachgoer might exhibit is that
Math in the Daytime Note: The public struct GameTime has a .currentMinute and .currentHour which can be used by any other class. public struct GameTime { static var currentHour: Int { return NSDate().hour } static var
Deep Background(s) Lightening Up. In the real world, as the sun rises and sets, the sky does not uniformly change color and brightness along with it. Instead, it tracks a wide range
Sky Painting Day and Night Setup. While the SunSprite class possesses methods to adjust the appearance and position, relative to GameTime.currentTime, for the sun and moon sprites, the rest of the
Sunset Gradients Not Real Colors. As the sun moves throughout the day, it should change color(s). It probably should change size as well. But, at a minimum, its color should dynamically
Desire To Leave Every Denizen arrives with a desireToLeave. Now, each one could appear with some sort of expiry timer, but that would make their presence, aside from the initial chance of a
Celestial Sprites Moving the Sun and Moon The Sun sprite needs to move across the sky, in an arc, at some pace approaching that of its real-life counterpart. At each minute of
Custom Text Views Attributed Text Looking at Interface Builder, specifically the attributes inspector of a UILabel, it would seem attributed text is a straight-forward affair. Drag a label into a storyboard, change it
