I remember this effect because there was a competition[1] where every entry was a fire effect in 256 bytes, and I was amazed at the simplicity of the core algorithm.
In today's context, more for the aesthetic, presumably.
I do care about the blog being snappy and working also on very low-end, vintage hardware though, so that also somewhat achieves that goal.
Oh and I have an original Quickshot II, which still works despite "Daley Thomson's Decathalon".
I'm going to give it to my son in law this Chrimbo - "Attack of the mutant camels" and "Matrix" etc needs new players.
Brought back happy memories of the much simpler, much less impressive falling snowflakes animation, complete with Silent Night soundtrack, that I laboriously wrote in Basic on my Vic-20 one Christmas back in the 80s.
I'm surprised that people find this to be an example of clickbait. If I cared about views, I'd imagine an honest title like - "I turned my c64 into a digital fireplace" - would have probably been more appealing, no?
It’s an interesting article, but the title is a textbook example of clickbait and I’m surprised that you’re surprised.
I tested every cap I removed, all of them nichicons from the mid 80s. They all measured to spec.
So it was kinda pointless at the end. Sure, it is going to be good for a few more decades, alongside the 1571 Ultimate II-L.
(yes, I replaced the original PSU. I bought separate modern, safe 9vac and 5vdc PSUs and an adapter to join them into the C64 power connector)
There was apparently a demo party a while back where a Tiki 100 actually caught fire.
Which was a result of:
That should have been a real CRT monitor to give this picture a true feeling of the 80s!
*set to channel 36, natch
Was that specific to C64? I recall old consoles and VCRs using either channel 3 or 4.
And sometimes you had to twist/jiggle the aerial lead to get a good connection.
