Toni Westbrook

Dep Director Research Computing @UofNH. Dev: UNH COVID lab software, PALADIN, Shredz64 (c64 Guitar Hero). Science, gamedev, FPGA, HPC, #retrocomputing!

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

Wanted to share a personal project! ZISA-X is a new computer combining the #Z80 processor and PC ISA bus and tons o features. Allows CP/M-80 to use PC cards like CGA/VGA, floppy controllers, etc! Hardware soon but emulator is available now! #retrocomputing https://t.co/a3Z8VyfrF4

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

The UNH RCC is hiring! We're looking for someone to manage our Cloud & HPC team. Do you thrive in a dynamic environment? Love facilitating interesting research? Have experience with Slurm, Lustre/GPFS, and AWS? This may be the perfect position for you! https://t.co/O3bSBgV2BX

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

Just a heads up for #PALADIN users, I've updated PALADIN-plugins to support the new Uniprot API. TSV report generation will now work again. I will be updating PALADIN itself soon with the same fix, stay tuned! #metagenomics https://t.co/xHeWanLJKe

[Synthetic Dreams @SyntheticDrms]

The BBSes are looking spooky in Cloudburst Connection! 🎃 Happy Halloween from Synthetic Dreams! 👻 #indiegamedev #gamedev #madewithunity #ANSI #ASCII #textmode #halloween

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

@brockgs Unfortunately, $75 for a 5.25 (1.2MB) drive is about average these days. You can find tested ones as low as $50 on ebay, but since they're out of production the prices have gone up. I just built a kryoflux station and paid about $50. In any case, good luck in your search!

[Synthetic Dreams @SyntheticDrms]

One of the multiplayer minigames in our dialup BBS themed #RPG sim is a fun take on flashlight tag: explore a dark maze, grab power-ups, and try to shine your light on other players until they're no longer hidden! #screenshotsaturday #retrogaming #ANSI #ASCII #gamedev #indiedev

[Synthetic Dreams @SyntheticDrms]

A quick demo of Cloudburst Connection development so far. Nothing like that sweet melody of a dial-up modem connecting at 2400 BPS! Here's a small taste of connecting to an in-game BBS, playing some Blackjack, and then using text paint. #IndieGameDev #madewithunity #retrogaming

[Synthetic Dreams @SyntheticDrms]

Check out our new game in development, Cloudburst Connection! Explore life running a dial-up Bulletin Board System (#BBS) in the 1980s. Build & visit boards and interact with your users in this #RPG simulation! #indiegame #80s #RetroComputing https://t.co/ScgsydaQPA

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

Sad to see Masayuki Uemura has died, he was responsible for a lot of great childhood memories. After implementing an NES compatible system in an FPGA last year, I gained a lot of respect for the technical achievements that he and his team accomplished.

[Nintendo Life @nintendolife]

Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Has Passed Away https://t.co/c5B4mdTx3P #MasayukiUemura #NES #SNES

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

@Joshuaureus Awesome, glad you got to use your program! Are you getting to code often at the Broad institute?

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@davidmt Loved this game and played it a ton on my C64. Didn't realize until later it was published by Sierra!

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

Does anyone have any rough statistics on how many university #HPC environments have at least one centrally managed #Anaconda installation? @anacondainc

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

@davidmt Played a bit of this over lunch today - the new "modern" mode with scrolling and new artwork is a really cool addition. For only a few bucks it's definitely worth it!

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

@eobet @davidmt @C64Retweets Oh wow, thanks for the heads up, I just bought it on Steam! I also originally pirated this back in the day before I knew better (copied a floppy with a mix of games on it from a friend). Nice that he added Steam achievements to it too!

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@davidmt @C64Retweets Very cool! They did a great job!

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

@davidmt I still have a Commodore Select Edition 286 in working condition!

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

Finally added an #FTDI #UART to my #FPGA designs for debugging. I feel really dumb for waiting years to do it, it took no time to do and now I can send to the PC at 1Mbps. Way easier than signaltap or 7seg. Anyone have any debugging methods they like? (Photo: MIDI data)

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

@davidmt One of my favs, I played this all the time in the arcades growing up and on my mame cabinet now. I've always loved the beautiful isometric graphics.

[Toni Westbrook @ToniWestbrook]

@anna_mobrien @McbsUnh @COLSA_UNH Welcome to the team, Anna!! Eager to chat more once you arrive!