twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 15hFantASM 2.2.0 — the linker grows up: link maps, fxi version 3, !test blocks carried through the link, and brace blocks for MACRO, IF, REP and friends. 25 fixes. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-2-2-0 #Assembler #Z80 #ZXSpectrumNext #RetroDev 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 15hBizmuth 1.0.0-rc1 — first release candidate of my ZX Spectrum Next emulator + debugger. Faster, and far lighter on the host: about a quarter of the CPU time with a window open. Free. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-1-0-0… #ZXSpectrumNext #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #Debugger #emulator #RetroDev 030
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Rookery 1.1.0 released. One Rookery now hosts several Gitea runners — a row each for status, uptime and current job, with Start/Stop per runner. Bundled runner moves to gitea-runner v3.3.0. twistedraven.net/news/rookery-1-1-0 #Gitea #CI #macOS 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 18/09/20260x1DE 0.5.0 released. Highlighting is generated from a language surface now, so a word added once reaches every editor. New Boriel ZX BASIC and PASTA/80 grammars, plus a long list of colouring fixes. twistedraven.net/news/oxide-0-5-0 #ZXSpectrum #Z80 #retrodev 010
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 18/09/2026FantASM 2.1.0 released. !virtual assembles a block for an address it is not placed at, ALIGN pads to a boundary, and an experimental object format brings ar and link. Three breaking changes. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-2-1-0 #Z80 #ZXSpectrumNext #retrodev 010
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 11/09/2026bizmuth - my #zxnext emulator now running on a steam deck, retro gaming on the go! #spectrum #emulator #specnext 021
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Bizmuth 1.0.0-beta2 released. 174 changes since beta 1, 123 of them fixes: ESP networking with no extra hardware, and ASSERTs in your asm source via SLD files. Free beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-1-0-0… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev 010
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Bizmuth 1.0.0-beta1 — my ZX Spectrum Next emulator and source-level debugger. It now runs on hg80, our own Z80/Z80N core, so the LGPL CPU library is gone, and --load starts from a cached boot state. Free beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-1-0-0… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev 031
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Living in the north of England I never thought I'd be checking my pond daily to see if a snake had taken any of the fish! Bloody great #grasssnake swimming in there the other day. 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Rookery 1.0.1 is out — the macOS menu-bar host for a Gitea act_runner. Bundled runner updated to gitea-runner v2.3.0. twistedraven.net/news/rookery-1-0-1 #Rookery #Gitea 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Bizmuth 0.9.5-beta5 is out — our ZX Spectrum Next emulator + source-level debugger. Now with save/load states, much faster emulation, working DeZog (DZRP) debugging, and new SD-card tools. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-5… #Bizmuth #ZXSpectrumNext #Z80 011
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 27/07/2026#Amazon uk deliveries are getting worse. I think I’m now done with them. Complaining does nothing. 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Well that's a new one, just rescued a mole from the murder mittens of one of our cats. Never seen a live wild mole in the flesh. #cats #murdermittens #mole 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Bizmuth 0.9.4-beta4 is out — our cycle-accurate ZX Spectrum Next emulator + source-level debugger. New: save/load states, re-runnable setup, faster interrupt-heavy code, and a swappable LGPL Z80 core. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-4… #Bizmuth #ZXSpectrumNext #Z80 053
Reposted by @twistedraven.bsky.socialthe pickwicker man @pickwick.bsky.social · 21/07/2026this is where they keep the Pratchett books, I assume 1339281
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 20/07/2026FantASM 1.7.5 — my cross-platform Z80 assembler. New: a data-driven memory model (page/slot directives), a paging-aware !test simulator, --ram device sizing, and an in-app update check. Plus a Linux ARM64 build. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-1-7-5 #Z80 #ZXSpectrum #retrocomputing #gamedev 081
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Bizmuth 0.9.3-beta3 — my cycle-accurate ZX Spectrum Next emulator + debugger. New: in-app update check, ADP page-qualified breakpoints + headless mode, plus ARM64 Linux and portable Windows builds. Free beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-3… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev 120
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Bizmuth 0.9.1-beta2 — my cycle-accurate ZX Spectrum Next emulator + source-level debugger. Now emulates the 16K Spectrum; the ADP debugger gains async *stopped events, mem write and step-over. Free public beta. twistedraven.net/news/bizmuth-0-9-1… #ZXSpectrumNext #emulator #retrodev 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 17/07/2026FantASM 1.7.4 is out — my cross-platform Z80 assembler. Bugfix round: cleaner --lsp output, out-of-range jr/djnz now errors instead of truncating, and the test suite grew 206 → 304. twistedraven.net/news/fantasm-1-7-4 #Z80 #ZXSpectrum #retrocomputing #gamedev 030
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I've released my new ZX Spectrum and Spectrum Next emulator out into the wild, it's been a long old slog, but I've finally got a beta version available to download and a shiny new website to boot. #emulator #zxspectrum #sinclair #spectrumnext #zxnext #specnext twistedraven.net/bizmuth/twistedraven.netTwistedRavenHomebrew Z80 and ZX Spectrum Next tools — the FantASM assembler, the Zinc language, and the Bizmuth emulator. 1188
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Getting closer to having my ZX Spectrum Next #emulator booting correctly! Just the rest of the hardware to implement! #SpecNext #ZXSpectrum 1112
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Looking for a pixel artist to help design some 8bit mouse cursors for a graphics editor I’m working on. #indiedev #request #pixelartist 18142
Reposted by @twistedraven.bsky.socialRhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho! 551601445
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Wasn’t expecting this to turn up on a Sunday, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless. My order status hadn’t even been updated from confirmed, I had no idea it had even shipped. #c64ultimate 020
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Sent to #whamhalla! Can we ban shops from playing music now? #whamageddon 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Took the #SamCoupe along to the Lincolnshire #Amiga group meet-up last weekend. Quite bus and a couple of people said it was the first time they’d ever seen one. 020
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 24/06/2025In a company wide project kick off meeting and the term “AI integration” keeps sneaking in as a bullet point. Looks like business daddy has succumbed to the corporate marketing BS. #ai #yawn #CorporateBS 010
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Thought I’d have a play and see what a #SpectrumNext version of Manic Miner might look like. Just a few rough pixels so I’ve got something to work with while I start a little coding exercise. Something to get me back into #z80 #retrodev #RetroGaming 020
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Not impressed with the “pay us or accept that we will ignore your right to deny tracking” that is becoming pervasive around the web. I will not be held to ransom, your business model is broken and I will not visit your site again. #Enshitification #BrokenWeb #Privacy 000
Reposted by @twistedraven.bsky.socialSam @sambeau.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Fuck you, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social 08116
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Hello old friend, it’s been a while… Decided to resurrrect my Amiga 1200/Blizard 1230 MkIV (68030,MMU,FPU,32MB fast RAM) It did have a Vampire 1200 V2, but I never got on with it 010
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Oh my deity, the Windows 11 installation experience is awful. Dark patterns everywhere! I want to install an Operating System, not sign up for any services or be coerced into giving away my personal information. Give me the option to say “No” and stop with the “Maybe Later” crap #Microsoft #Windows 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 12/03/2024I'm going to petition social media companies to add an option to report a post for "Egregiously using 'of' instead of the contracted form of 'Have'" I'll go take my meds now... #GrumpyOldFart #Grammar #EnglishLanguage 000
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 08/03/2024Loving the new #JudasPriest album, #PanicAttack has been living in my head for a while now, but to hear it on #Vinyl is just awesome. #VinylRecord #HeavyMetal 010
twistedraven.bsky.social @twistedraven.bsky.social · 08/02/2024Trying to work and Archer has other ideas #CatsOfBlueSky 2163
