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Remember the code you see onscreen in the Terminator? I've analyzed, explained, and sourced it back to Nibble magazine in the 80s... here you go!

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Dave W Plummer6 months ago

Or if you prefer...

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Thrill Science ✡️ עם ישראל חי6 months ago

*I* wrote the COBOL code you see in Terminator 1. See my Pinned post. Some of it was from _73_ Magazine

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Massimo6 months ago

Bender also runs on a 6502 which makes it and the T-800 somewhat related

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Mark Chapman6 months ago

You should also mention Robocop boots MSDOS 2.x

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Roy Dodd6 months ago

What's funny is the odds are pretty good Miles Dyson's original Skynet code (possibly written in 6502) may have survived into production of future Terminators. If it ain't broke, why fix it? Especially if it's a government military contract.

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Ed Silha6 months ago

Damn, I wish I had time for such noble pursuits! Maybe someday

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Willian Silva6 months ago

I have the same habit! When I'm watching hacker movie/show or a sci-fi thing with some code running on screen, I froze it to see what are there. Sometimes are some WinAPI code, others Python fragments. Usually they fragment and nothing actully could run for real. It's like a obsession! My wife don't like the pause sequences!

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kowalski16 months ago

When I watched Terminator in cinema as a kid, I actually recognized the code, because around that time I was learning basics of assembly language (Z80 and 6502) from lessons in computer magazines

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Kris Urkraft 🇸🇪🤝🇺🇦 NAFO FELLA!6 months ago

Everything this guy posts is interesting!

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VolJoe6 months ago

“…. while slowly ruining your weekend.” That landed harder than it should have. 🤣

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NewsNetworkWeb6 months ago

Lot of words. HF.

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Dave W Plummer6 months ago

Yeah, but I say them real fast so as not to waste your time.

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Wondering Dunmer6 months ago

I had an Atari 400. Learned a lot playing around with Basic.

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Anthony Springall6 months ago

Loved this! Great bit of 8bit story telling :)

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Anthony Springall6 months ago

@scifiscarbs

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Marty Earthling 🇺🇸6 months ago

Nice one, thanks!

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SonomSoft6 months ago

thanks grandpa Dave.

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Alan Bayer6 months ago

Wonder how many 6502 cores in this thing? 🤔

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plastron𓆉6 months ago

Awesome

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Mikey6 months ago

Best thing I've seen on X, in over a year... absolutely brilliant. Brilliant.

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Уменя Лапки6 months ago

It's Apple II afair

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Dave Sharples6 months ago

I remember PEEKing and POKEing commands on a Commadore PET before getting fully distracted by the BBC Micro Model B… which made 6502 assembler directly accessible from BBC basic. Enjoyed this video!

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𝚠𝚘𝚕𝚏⚡️6 months ago

fascinating video!

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Rob Steele6 months ago

Angry like.

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Kayne Sheenan6 months ago

Such a good audio blog, great work 👏

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Abe6 months ago

(ง'̀-'́)ง

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Thomas Salzlechner 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇦🇹 SQRT(74770609)6 months ago

I remember I instantly recognized it as 6502 back when

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Waethorn6 months ago

2029, not 2079. Only a few years away.

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James Turnbull6 months ago

You’re well and truly forgiving an alliance with the reapers.

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Do you miss the Outdoors6 months ago

Cool frickin video. Glad for this type of content before the machines take over. Followed

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Hardy Holman6 months ago

cheaper so hobbyists could build around them, or cheaper so hobbyists could build future databases? are we not still building these databases?

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Sergey6 months ago

@_APEXnow_ Absolute yapper. Way too much filler to find the actual info. Content creation is not for boomers. Don’t you have a lawn to mow?

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Tim6 months ago

Well said about old code “flattering us” as if it’s almost learnable by a sharp human watching

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JayPee⚜️ 🇨🇦6 months ago

I'd be interested in your take on "the matrix" code.

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