links i've collected while doing research for george
i have one big folder in my bookmarks toolbar called georgeOS, this is basically a copy-paste of that folder. a lot of these links are only tangentially related to george in her current form lol
tools
video timings calculator, literally so helpful
the mc6845 calculator, i love that people put these things online
references/archives
github repo full of retro audio resources
wikipedia article on bank switching
the screenplay of marcel the shell with shoes on, i was thinking of sources for george's speech intonation, marcel is in the ballpark, also god what a good movie
eevblog discussion on designing memory maps for 8-bit systems
bret victor's essay on learnable programming, puts into words and interactive diagrams a lot of feelings i have about processing/p5
reddit post on using proton bridge on a headless machine
really good demo of how digital signals work
learning how crts work and how they break
crt safety and basic guidelines!
neonixie google group discussion on converting composite video to ttl signals
eevblog forum post on hooking up vga/cga to a 7-inch monochrome crt
service manual for omnivision lp06 series 6" crts
discussion on sync extraction circuits
wayback archive of the product page for george's display
wayback archive of data sheet for george's display
raster graphics handbook, super helpful if you have no idea how crts work!!
generating video with a cheap microcontroller
reddit post about crt resolution problem
aussie arcade discussion about horizontal sync problem
products and services
art
a really pretty pico-8 animation of a shooting star w/ music
a cute drawing of a screen cat named tony
design
pretty soviet industrial design
other people's projects
KITTY Computer, one of the main inspirations for my design choices
mainboard terminal, i loveee the circular screen, case, keyboard, the whole design is sooo cool
"i'm re-imagining the command line interpreter", very cool video
series on making a programming language in rust
writeup on building a vga terminal, super helpful for understanding how to incorporate the 6845 into a system
khugiani wave decomposition, this shit is so cool, i think about it daily
friend simulator, so cute :)
kevin regamey talking about the audio work done on celeste
kevin ragemey twitter thread on making madeline's voice