Interview with Chuck Peddle – The man behind the MOS 6502 and the Commodore PET

The ‘Amp Hours Electronics Podcast’ has published an interview with Chuck Peddle, an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor; the KIM-1 SBC; and its successor the Commodore PET personal computer, both based on the 6502. To listen to the intervew, and read a nice summary about it, follow the link below….

Interview with Chuck Peddle – The man behind the MOS 6502 and the Commodore PET

The ‘Amp Hours Electronics Podcast’ has published an interview with Chuck Peddle, an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor; the KIM-1 SBC; and its successor the Commodore PET personal computer, both based on the 6502. To listen to the intervew, and read a nice summary about it, follow the link below….

'Assembly Lines: The Complete Book' PDF is now available for free

Chris Torrence, on Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook group has announced today that “Assembly Lines: The Complete Book” is now available as a FREE PDF on Open Library and the Internet Archive. Thanks goes out to Roger Wagner for releasing the book under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license, making it possible to post it online. If you still prefer…

Atari VCS 2600 'Physical' Retro Memory Game

Atariage user Apemaster has announced a new memory card game called RETRORY, based on officially released Atari VCS 2600 games. He highlights on his post that the game is a physical game, not a video-game! Differently of traditional memory card games, Retrory doesn’t have “pairs”. Instead, a “pair” consists of two different images from the same game, which is a…

Relearning MSX #18: Structure of an MSX-C program

This time around, Lavandeira goes through the basics of a C program, aiming people that never programmed using the language. Reading through the text, I was gladly surprise how he explained basic concepts and syntax structures. Even if you are not interested on MSX programming, but want to learn a bit more about C language, I strongly recommend this article….

Videos from KansasFest '13 Available Now

[youtube FKUqQbm-GVA nolink] The KFest YouTube channel has published so far 17 videos, including a keynote by Randy Wigginton with special guest Steve Wonziak, seen above. There is a bit of background noise, but the voices are actually very clear to hear. Link: KansasFest Site

Seven Dragon Saga by Tactical Simulations Interactive (TSI)

Miss your old school games? Do titles like Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, and Wizards Crown bring back great memories? Well, SSI vets have formed TSI and have a Kickstarter for Seven Dragon Saga. So far $98,039 has been pledged of the $450,000 goal with 24 days to go, so what you waiting for? Click the link…

Tap Manager 1.2.0

TAP Manager allows to split/merge TAP files and to create index files for the TAP so that is possible to jump to any of the programs contained in the TAP instantly. The program has been created to ease the usage of the TAP files created with C64SD Princess card but it works with any working TAP file. The program TAP…

PIC voice synthesizer C64/C128/Plus/4

[youtube EFo4w9jZu-Q nolink] Jorge Castillo developed the HR2 voice synthesizer for Commodore computers in the year 2011. Last year he developed the HR4 with better audio quality and a 1-channel noise and music generator. He is now developing the HR5 synthesizer, using a PIC 16F886. Website: YouTube

On the Farm +34D [crazy hack]

You are a sheep who has just escaped from his pen and is running riot around various fields on the farm. Help your sheep chomp on all of Farmer Dave’s crops, which will advance you on to the next level. Avoid colliding into the animals – 3 strikes and you’re out. You can jump on the animals to score points,…