DONKEY.BAS shipped with early IBM PC DOS as a demo of color graphics and sound in BASICA. It was written by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Neil Konzen in 1981 (version 1.10 in 1982). You only switch lanes — avoid the donkey, or BOOM.
This page recreates the original CGA gameplay in JavaScript with some liberties.
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DONKEY.BAS — IBM PC (1981)
Play DONKEY.BAS in your browser — the classic IBM PC game by Bill Gates and Neil Konzen, for the 45th anniversary of the IBM PC.
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I've spent five weeks with the Hidizs AP30 Music Boy, a DAP that looks like a tiny Game Boy. Better audio hardware than the price suggests, firmware that's still being fixed, and no, you can't run games on it. I checked thoroughly.
https://blog.omgmog.net/post/hidizs-ap30-music-boy/ #DAP #audiophile #Hidizs
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On my blog I have a toggle between System default > Light > Dark - I'm probably the only one who uses the toggle, and it works great for me
These 3D-printed objects can tell you if they’re being used properly
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The Launch of CodePen 2.0
If you sense a joyous exhale, that’s Team CodePen in crossing this launch milestone for the most ambitious professional project any of us has ever achieved. Today, we declare CodePen 2.0 offi…
@omgmog this reminded me about the elevator programming game: https://
Jonas Brusman, Aug 01 2026 via tacocat.space