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by pokey
Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:39 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: most popular 6502 assembler
Replies: 12
Views: 5701

Re: most popular 6502 assembler

GARTHWILSON wrote:
The 6502/65C02/65816 syntax will be pretty uniform
That's great, thank you
by pokey
Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:37 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: most popular 6502 assembler
Replies: 12
Views: 5701

Re: most popular 6502 assembler

There are lots of tools listed in the reference section of 6502.org - start here:
http://6502.org/tools/

Personally I usually use ca65 (part of the cc65 compiler) or any of several in-browser assemblers.
The assembler accepts the standard 6502/65816 assembler syntax

Good enough for me. Thank ...
by pokey
Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:53 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: most popular 6502 assembler
Replies: 12
Views: 5701

Re: most popular 6502 assembler

Does it need to be free? The best ones aren't necessarily free, but there indeed seem to be some excellent free ones nevertheless, and "free" of course contributes to popularity. One that comes to mind is Andrew Jacobs' As65 assembler for 6502, 65c02, and 65816, which has program-structure ...
by pokey
Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:04 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: most popular 6502 assembler
Replies: 12
Views: 5701

most popular 6502 assembler

Hello everyone!
I need to generate some 6502 assembly code for my project, and I (due to lack of experience) is totally clueless about which assembler to target.
A safe choice probably would be to pick the most popular one providing it runs on Windows or Linux. Which one would you recommend?
by pokey
Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:00 am
Forum: Newbies
Topic: cycle stealing to the max
Replies: 8
Views: 2246

Re: cycle stealing to the max

Cool. So a retro vision, but implemented in FPGA?


Honestly, as software (rather than hardware) guy I'd be perfectly happy with just an emulator. However it's no fun unless I keep it within Atari's gate/money limits, and the closest I can get to substantiating that claim is to implement it in ...
by pokey
Mon Nov 13, 2017 7:29 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: cycle stealing to the max
Replies: 8
Views: 2246

Re: cycle stealing to the max

Thank you very much for you responses!


Do you have a project in mind? We'd be glad to hear about it!

I'm pondering on a design of something like the essentials of 6502-based home computer that could have been made in a400/a800 era. Given that I'm totally clueless when it comes to electronics I ...
by pokey
Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:21 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: cycle stealing to the max
Replies: 8
Views: 2246

cycle stealing to the max

Hello!

I'm sorry if I missed the post that already contains an answer to my question.
I'm wondering what are the hard limits of cycle stealing for 6502, Sally (Atari version of 6502), 6510 and CMOS 6502(that I assume is available as of today)? Such behavior would of course pose a problem for a ...