I put together a guide for c64 assembly coding to help others know where to start..
Hopefully useful to someone out there..
#c64 #commodore #mos6502 #assembly #retrocomputing
https://github.com/spiroharvey/c64/blob/main/asm/C64%20Assembly%20Coding%20Guide.md
Wow, HowToGeek have published an article about my Wordle game. 😲
https://www.howtogeek.com/803710/you-can-play-wordle-on-your-commodore-64/
For an Anarchist Radio Relay League
A free zine about ham radio for anarchists.
Can't believe this #PeerTube video only got 9 views, this is a life changing revelation.
lil commodore 64 BASIC doo-dad i cooked up
10 rem star inspector
20 rem
30 rem ~vidak.
40 rem
50 rem licence: public domain.
60 rem
70 rem generates 64 star locations within a 2d grid.
80 rem
90 rem at the end is a simple routine for revealing the location of
100 rem user-supplied stars.
110 rem
120 rem recommended: copy and paste this file into your emulator.
130 rem
140 dim g(63,1)
150 print "clearing star positions>>>"
160 for i = 0 to 63
170 for j = 0 to 1
180 let g(i,j) = 0
190 next j
200 print ".";
210 next i
220 print:print
230 print "generating star positions>>>"
240 for s = 0 to 63
250 let g(s,0) = int(rnd(1)*2000)
260 let g(s,1) = int(rnd(1)*2000)
270 print ".";
280 next s
290 print:print
300 input "input star number (0-63)";s
310 print:print "star ";s;" is at:"
320 print:print "x coordinates: ";g(s,0)
330 print "y coordinates: ";g(s,1)
340 input "again";q$
350 if q$ <> "n" then goto 290
360 end
So who was it that said they needed a Mobility Radeon 9800 for their Inspiron 9100/XPS gen1 laptop? :^)
Managed to fit in some coding this evening, and got a little bit further with the space simulator
🇨🇦
New power supply idea.
Using SMD regulators, specifically a pair of 1.5A regulators for the +5V and +3.3V rails, and a smaller 800mA 1.2V regulator (fed from the +5V line), all fed from a standard DC barrel plug, through a switch, then through a 2A resettable fuse. Vin would be a 9V DC centre-positive barrel jack switching supply, of the usual sort.
How's it look to you?
@mdhughes thinking of just doing text-mode, yeah--that way the game can almost be portable on anything
this 'works', although i am not happy with the way that the star printing section tabulates the information...
10 dim g(63,1)
20 print "clearing star positions..."
30 for i = 0 to 63
40 for j = 0 to 1
50 let g(i,j) = 0
60 next j
70 next i
80 print "generating star positions..."
90 for s = 0 to 63
100 x = int(rnd(1)*255)
110 y = int(rnd(1)*255)
120 let g(s,0) = x
130 let g(s,1) = y
140 next s
150 print "printing star positions..."
160 for s = 0 to 63
170 print "x = ";g(s,0);". y = ";g(s,1)
180 next s
10 DIM G(63,1)
20 PRINT "CLEARING STAR POSITIONS..."
30 FOR I = 0 TO 63
40 FOR J = 0 TO 1
50 LET G(I,J) = 0
60 NEXT J
70 NEXT I
80 PRINT "GENERATING STAR POSITIONS..."
90 FOR S = 0 TO 63
100 X = INT(RND(1)*255)
110 Y = INT(RND(1)*255)
120 LET G(S,0) = X
130 LET G(S,1) = Y
140 NEXT S
150 PRINT "PRINTING STAR POSITIONS..."
160 FOR S = 0 TO 63
170 PRINT "X = ";G(S,0);". Y = ";G(S,1)
180 NEXT S
Emacs is really cool.
You don't need a big init file, mine is currently just enough to do slime, the little lisp client thingy that plugs into SBCL for me, plus a dark theme mode.
Lisp is a big rabbit hole to go down, and if you go, you will find out lots of things which makes C and JavaScript look bad.
@alex it's for a big call centre in my city! It requires six weeks training. Has been quite gruelling but I have been giving it my all.
games been playing on the wii:
- crash bandicoot: mind over mutant
- force unleashed
- cooking mama
- harry potter: deathly hallows, part 1
Oh look, they were out of 40 pin "holding-on-for-dear-life" sockets.
Great. Less pain, finally.
been doing this training for the job still
i'm getting through it!
after this week, only another two weeks!