PDP-12: HELLORLD!

Nick Moffitt (https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo) takes over the channel today to regale us with the saga of his implementation of "Hellorld!" on the PDP-12. "Don't you mean 'Hello, World!'?" Why no, dear viewer, I mean "Hellorld!" Hellorld! is a delightful version of "Hello, World!" that was first created by @UsagiElectric on their Centurion minicomputer but has become a fun challenge program for all types of platforms. This video is packed with lots of interesting stuff, such as: - why "Hellorld!"? - Intercontinental debugging - The power of blinkylights - Dramatic Ken Burns-style zoom and pan effects - A description of how a PDP-12 draws characters on what is basically an oscilloscope - and much more! The overall Hellorld! challenge can be found here: https://github.com/Nakazoto/Hellorld/wiki ... with a call to action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ6mwbTGXGQ Nick's entry described here: https://github.com/Nakazoto/Hellorld/wiki/Minicomputers#pdp-12 Nick's Hellorld! source code: https://zork.net/git/SpaceHobo/hellorld-pdp12 -- running make on this code will download Vince Slyngstad's in-progress PDP-12 emulator and let you see Hellorld! on a virtual VR-12. You can find Vince online at: https://svn.so-much-stuff.com/ For more on our project, or to donate to our work, see: https://umdpdp12.blogspot.com/ To follow along with our behind the scenes work, see: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/pdp-12-435-at-the-university-of-minnesota-duluth.1241469/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umdpdp12/ I'm on Mastodon: https://teh.entar.net/@tastytronic More videos of our PDP-12: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHnc49MScQBBIlVIirpZ1Zjdh91U5Q6-6