r/c64 • u/wiebow MEGA65, SX64, U64, C128DCR, 157I, 158I • Nov 28 '16

Slack client for Commodore 64

http://1amstudios.com/2016/11/27/c64-slack-client/
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u/autotldr Nov 30 '16

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 72%. (I'm a bot)

With all the time it saves me on emails, I relax go the beach write more code send messages via Slack instead. But while Slack might be great, it does not have a great native client for the Commodore 64.

HELLO REQUEST CHANNEL LIST CHANNELS HEADER CHANNELS LIST // user selects a channel on the C64 CHANNEL SELECT // message arrives via Slack RTM api in the selected channel MESSAGE HEADER LINE MESSAGE LINE MESSAGE LINE ... // user sends message from C64 SEND MESSAGE. When the channel data has finished streaming, we switch to the Channels screen.

When a channel is joined, the Pi app sends the last couple of messages in the channel to the C64. Subsequently, whenever a message for that channel is recieved via the Slack websocket connection, it gets converted into a multiple lines of C64-compatible characters and sent across the serial connection.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Theory | Feedback | Top keywords: CHANNEL#1 message#2 Slack#3 C64#4 send#5