Tag: 6502

Vulcan-74 – A 6502 Retro MegaProject

Radical Brad is working on a 6502 project. He is building a 1980’s retro game system with the following rules: CPU: 6502, 74xx logic gates, breadboard, Video: VGA, 256 colours and 400×300 pixels, GPU system with Blitter and a sound system with 4 channels. [youtube M9kUlFZM0gM nolink][youtube chACO3WNtg0 nolink]Forum Thread: http://forum.6502.org

Visual Studio to support Merlin32 Assembler for Apple II

Oliver Guinart has announced a new Visual Studio language reference for the Merlin32 Assembler. He presented on his twitter feed a screenshot (above) of the prototype of a Visual Studio language service for Merlin32. The implementation will be similar to the CC65 integration he demonstrated at the last Apple II event in France. Merlin32 by Brutal Deluxe Software is a…

CBM prg Studio Version 3.3.0 has been released

The best Commodore development environment has a new version – 3.3.0, containing bug fixes and the following new features: Add background picture to sprite editor. Sprite reorder tool. Character tools work on a range of characters. Assembler: Import binary as decimal data Assembler: Improved value pop-up formatting Assembler: Removed the restriction where files included in a build must have a…

Tetris – 6502 Assembler

Wiebo de Wit is writing a blog on how to program a Tetris game in 6502 assembler. In each episode he explains how a part of the game works. In this episode: Line Score, Play Level and Next Block. Website: http://devdef.blogspot.nlNews Source: http://www.richardlagendijk.nl

DAN64

Juan J. Martínez is developing an 8 bit computer with the help of an ATmega328 microcontroller from Atmel. The virtual CPU is a MOS 6502 that was used in the Commodore VIC20, Atari 400, BBC Acorn, Apple II, NES and many more computers. The features are: Composite video 256 x 192 pixels, 32 x 24 characters, PS/2 keyboard support, 64KB…

Tetris – 6502 Assembler

Wiebo de Wit is writing a blog on how to program a Tetris game in 6502 assembler. He made a Tetris clone in 1992 and now he explains how the game is made. For the development he uses KickAssembler, Sublime Tekst 3.0 and the VICE emulator. Website: http://devdef.blogspot.nl

projekt64:uk1541

UK1541 is a real time drive emulator with cycle-exact 6502 instructions execution and VIA’s emulation just by tiny MCU, LCP1114, Cortex M0, 48Mhz (0,84 DMIPS/Mhz). Developed by: Krzysztof Switajski aka Kisiel/ICON, Manual for GUI version 0.038.012015 Features for Core Version 1.1.4.012015 – Core 6502 running at 1Mhz with illegal opcodes – 16kB Flash ROM, multiple custom roms not available now…

MOS 6502 Laptop

Dirk Grappendorf created a laptop based on a MOS 6502 processor. The features are: 6502 processor, 6522 VIA’s, SID, 32 kByte RAM, 32 kByte EEPROM, battery, 4 line / 40 character LCD screen, modified USB keyboard, BASIC interpreter and a 3D printed case. Website: http://www.grappendorf.net