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by Lost
Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:19 pm
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: OSI forums back online, starting from scratch
Replies: 9
Views: 7315

Re: OSI forums back online, starting from scratch

The OSI forums (http://www.osiweb.org/osiforums) had been brought down by spambots, but is now back online.
Dave

When I go to the URL mentioned, I get a 404 - Not Found message.

When I go to http://www.osiweb.org/, I get a directory listing.

I thought you might want to know. In the mean time ...
by Lost
Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:49 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 65C02 replacements don't work
Replies: 4
Views: 4107

My (admittedly limited) understanding of the compatibility issues with using the W65C02 chips is 2 things...

First, the current WDC 65c02 does not implement any of the unofficial op-codes. So, if your system is making use of undocumented op-codes from your specific chip, you may find problems ...
by Lost
Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:56 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 6532 RIOT question
Replies: 12
Views: 8347

This is probably a stupid question and I should finish reading the data sheet for the 6532 but ...

Isn't the 6532 functionally (in terms of features) very similar to the 6522? In terms of features all I see in the 6532 that isn't in the 6522 is 128 bytes of static RAM.

In the case of jknight6's ...
by Lost
Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:56 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Canadian chip sellers friendly to hobbiests?
Replies: 5
Views: 3862

devzone wrote:
They look promising.

P.S. It took me about 10 seconds to decode the message in your signature.
by Lost
Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:14 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Canadian chip sellers friendly to hobbiests?
Replies: 5
Views: 3862

Canadian chip sellers friendly to hobbiests?

I'm sure this question has come up in the past but a quick search of the site didn't show anything recent so I'm going to risk getting in trouble by asking...

Can anyone recommend a store or website to order parts from, preferably in Canada? There are a few electronics stores in the GTA (Toronto ...
by Lost
Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:16 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Could I use a 65c22 to drive an EIA232 interface?
Replies: 25
Views: 15080


I challenge anyone to build an 80MHz, fully functional computer using only breadboards as its substrate. You cannot use FPGAs (since in order to couple the FPGA to the board, you'll need to use a PCB, something I must forbid for this challenge for maximum fairness). Good luck.

This might be a ...
by Lost
Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:55 pm
Forum: Emulation and Simulation
Topic: testing my 6502 cpu emulator
Replies: 5
Views: 9423

6502 emulators

8-Bit (one of the more active posters here) built an emulator for one of his SBC projects. I don't have the link handy but I found it through his writeup on the 6502.org site.

Right now, I'm using a windows program called "6502 Macroassembler & Simulator written by Michal Kowalski, his web page is ...
by Lost
Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:47 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Could I use a 65c22 to drive an EIA232 interface?
Replies: 25
Views: 15080

#1. WDC's 6502's are too fast to be using in a solderless breadboard. The big loops of wire give you antennas and inductors all over the place; and the groundbounce, ringing, crosstalk between lines, etc. wreak havoc. There's a rather narrow range of conditions under which the thing will work at ...
by Lost
Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:40 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Could I use a 65c22 to drive an EIA232 interface?
Replies: 25
Views: 15080

Could I use a 65c22 to drive an EIA232 interface?

I've got a solderless breadboard kit computer with a w65c02s CPU and w65c22s for I/O ( http://www.apatco.com/products.php ). There isn't much room leftover on the board to add more chips and no way to transfer data on or off the system (other than manual entry).

So, I'm wondering if anyone has ...
by Lost
Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussions
Topic: Separate forum section for the wiki?
Replies: 3
Views: 4023

Section for the Wiki

I'll say yes but I won't promise not to change my mind.

On a related note (the Wiki that is). Would it be appropriate to have individual project stuff on the Wiki? I'm thinking of 8-Bit's sbc and kc's 65816 project. I know they already have web sites for those projects so really don't need to ...
by Lost
Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:23 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: GEOS/64 or /128 Programming
Replies: 1
Views: 2809

Geos

CBMFile has a legal download and, apparently, are still selling GEOS. I couldn't find anything on the API but they might have some information if you were to contact them.

http://cbmfiles.com/geos/index.html
by Lost
Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:24 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Writing generic subroutines in assembly
Replies: 6
Views: 7007

124 nested subroutines?


If you use the CPU's stack strictly for holding return information, you'll find that you can nest your subroutines 124 times before you run out of space. That is a huge amount of nesting.

What are the other 4 bytes for? Are they reserved for really badly timed interrupts?

Either way, I believe ...
by Lost
Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:29 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Writing generic subroutines in assembly
Replies: 6
Views: 7007

Stack Frame solutions

Your questions should be pretty well answered in the discussion at http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?t=148 . You should get into Forth eventually, which makes heavy but extremely efficient use of stack space. You will find that the 6502 is not short on stack space at all.

Ah, the curse of not ...
by Lost
Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:00 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Writing generic subroutines in assembly
Replies: 6
Views: 7007

Writing generic subroutines in assembly

I've recently been learning 6502 assembly on my own while I wait for my first 65c02 based computer kit to arrive. Most of the sample code I look at tends to be very small to make it easier to learn. There is one area which (to me) seams missing. What is a good way of performing stack operations in a ...
by Lost
Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:24 am
Forum: Emulation and Simulation
Topic: javascript 6502 emulator
Replies: 0
Views: 5883

javascript 6502 emulator

I ran across a surprising emulator today. Someone has created a 6502 emulator in JavaScript (NOT java).

http://www.6502asm.com/