João Costa @JD557@blog.joaocosta.eu Follow

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Another update on the #Scala Native Chip-8 System.

Added a game selection menu, fixed some bugs and moved everything to a Pi Zero 2W. I'm also now launching the application on boot.

I think this is in a pretty cool state and is probably as far as I'm going for now. There are a few things that I would like to do, but my motivation is waning.

One would be to improve the boot times. Ideally I would use something like a unikernel, but that's a can of worms that I don't want to open. Maybe I can get a quick win just by disabling some services on boot? Or maybe there are lighter alternatives to Rasbpian OS Lite?

The other thing is to 3d print a case for this to make a "portable console". That sounds like a fun project, but the fact that my keypad cables come in a bus out of the bottom makes the whole design a bit harder...

Let's see, this was a pretty fun project so far. 🙂

And since today is Saturday, I guess this deserves a #ScreenshotSaturday

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@JD557 pretty cool stuff :blobcat:

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