6502 hobby boards....
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Lazarusbrigade
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6502 hobby boards....
I wanted to source a 6502 hobby board to make and play around with as I have a number of assembly books with practice programs to make. , I have a machine language monitor on its way from the states , and a new powersupply as the orginal I have is nakered. , now the hobby board I was looking at is the one I see on an old video from the 8bit guy , so my question is should I bother or just wait to work on the real thing once the parts have arrived?
Re: 6502 hobby boards....
I'm afraid you need to provide more context.
Which hobby board? Any links to it on the net?
What machine language monitor do you mean?
What parts for what? It seems you are talking about two boards?
Which hobby board? Any links to it on the net?
What machine language monitor do you mean?
What parts for what? It seems you are talking about two boards?
Author of the GeckOS multitasking operating system, the usb65 stack, designer of the Micro-PET and many more 6502 content: http://6502.org/users/andre/
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Lazarusbrigade
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Re: 6502 hobby boards....
Apologies I wrote that with lack of sleep , and still have had no sleep but....
The 8bit guys video on the PE6502
I can't seem to add any links
Machine language monitor that's on its way is
Merlin 64 Macro Assembler for the Commodore 64
The 8bit guys video on the PE6502
I can't seem to add any links
Machine language monitor that's on its way is
Merlin 64 Macro Assembler for the Commodore 64
Re: 6502 hobby boards....
Merlin 64 requires a Commodore 64, and is not going to be much use to you without one. If you've bought an original, it'll probably be on a floppy disc, and that would need a 1541 disc drive as well. It would in theory be possible to convert it to run on another machine (once you've got it off the disc), but that's a lot of work and not a project for a beginner.
The PE6502 is this: http://putnamelectronics.com/products.html. That has Wozmon, a couple of BASICs, an assembler and a "mini-debugger" in ROM. I think it's expecting to be operated through a serial port, so you'd need a cable suitable for that.
If you don't wait until the board arrives, what do you imagine yourself doing? You can practice writing code, and stepping through it by hand to make sure it does what you expect. Or you can find a simulator and use that. But ultimately, the question of what you should be doing depends entirely on what you want to do. I don't think anyone else can answer it for you.
The PE6502 is this: http://putnamelectronics.com/products.html. That has Wozmon, a couple of BASICs, an assembler and a "mini-debugger" in ROM. I think it's expecting to be operated through a serial port, so you'd need a cable suitable for that.
If you don't wait until the board arrives, what do you imagine yourself doing? You can practice writing code, and stepping through it by hand to make sure it does what you expect. Or you can find a simulator and use that. But ultimately, the question of what you should be doing depends entirely on what you want to do. I don't think anyone else can answer it for you.
Re: 6502 hobby boards....
Depending on where you are starting, I would recommend
https://skilldrick.github.io/easy6502/
which is an interactive tutorial you can run in your browser.
https://skilldrick.github.io/easy6502/
which is an interactive tutorial you can run in your browser.
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Lazarusbrigade
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Re: 6502 hobby boards....
John West wrote:
Merlin 64 requires a Commodore 64, and is not going to be much use to you without one. If you've bought an original, it'll probably be on a floppy disc, and that would need a 1541 disc drive as well. It would in theory be possible to convert it to run on another machine (once you've got it off the disc), but that's a lot of work and not a project for a beginner.
I probably should of been more clearer I already have commodore 64 and am awaiting the powersupply , I didn't realise I didn't put that into the post , the lack of sleep and to much morphine. Really screwed up the post... I just assumed it was written in perfect legible English I have now had about 3 hours of sleep and read what I posted and thought my goodness....
The PE6502 is this: http://putnamelectronics.com/products.html. That has Wozmon, a couple of BASICs, an assembler and a "mini-debugger" in ROM. I think it's expecting to be operated through a serial port, so you'd need a cable suitable for that.
If you don't wait until the board arrives, what do you imagine yourself doing? You can practice writing code, and stepping through it by hand to make sure it does what you expect. Or you can find a simulator and use that. But ultimately, the question of what you should be doing depends entirely on what you want to do. I don't think anyone else can answer it for you.
I probably should of been more clearer I already have commodore 64 and am awaiting the powersupply , I didn't realise I didn't put that into the post , the lack of sleep and to much morphine. Really screwed up the post... I just assumed it was written in perfect legible English I have now had about 3 hours of sleep and read what I posted and thought my goodness....
The PE6502 is this: http://putnamelectronics.com/products.html. That has Wozmon, a couple of BASICs, an assembler and a "mini-debugger" in ROM. I think it's expecting to be operated through a serial port, so you'd need a cable suitable for that.
If you don't wait until the board arrives, what do you imagine yourself doing? You can practice writing code, and stepping through it by hand to make sure it does what you expect. Or you can find a simulator and use that. But ultimately, the question of what you should be doing depends entirely on what you want to do. I don't think anyone else can answer it for you.