enso1 wrote:
In fact, I am pretty sure he lifted it from this repo (from 2007), complete with hex loader:
https://github.com/cbmeeks/WOZ-Monitors/tree/masterIf I'm wrong or if he provided attribution, I will be the eater of my hat. The so-called 'Ben Eater 6502 computer' is a direct copy of Garth's schematics, no attribution.
I'm a bit fed-up with hearing this. Yes, it's a novel design, but not something someone else could not come up with with relative ease. Ben is a clever chap. His previous videos have seen him building a CPU from scratch. I suspect he has a good grasp of logic, decoding and so on. He's also a Commercial airline pilot and instructor and is passionate about education and educating others.
I also think he's probably done more to popularise the 6502 this millennium than anyone else. I think what he's done has been a good contribution overall. Why dismiss it?
As for his WozMon - Yes, he took a copy of a WozMon and adapted it for his own system - who hasn't? (well me, but that's another story) watch the videos - he has a few on it [WozMon] where he does a live coding session to adapt it for his system in one of them. Who cares where he got it from? He actually says in one video "Here I have it typed in" ... It's not hard to type in - 100 lines or so and in that same video he has an original listing of it with a copy of the Apple 1 manual and looking at what is on the screen, while similar to that GitHub isn't close enough for me to say that's where he got it from. WozMon sources are all over github and elsewhere. It's not hard to get.
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Not a fan of self-promoting social media 'influencers', for those who missed my subtle hints.
Ben Eater is a successful commercial pilot and instructor. He's doing this not for fame and fortune but as something he's passionate about. And how would you tell the world about your design? 6502.org is just one place for 6502 projects - Facebook, like it or not has far more active groups and followers and there are a good number on YouTube who don't post here either.
I know (personally) a few popular Youtubers.. Most didn't set out to be famous influencers, most get lucky. I have 111 videos and just short of 500 followers on YouTube - if I posted a video a week I could double that in a month ... the magic number is 10,000 subscribers and you need to work hard to get that. I just bimble along doing stuff I like. Ben Eater has over a million subscribers - he's obviously doing something that many people enjoy watching.
Lifes too short.
-Gordon
(Who held a PPL for a while, but that's yet another story)
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