6502 Laptop

[PaulaM]

Here is my 6502 laptop

8MHz 65C02, 46K of user RAM.
EhBASIC with added commands (DIR, LOAD, SAVE, CIRCLE, LINE, PLOT, SQUARE, ELIPSE, etc)
9" 256 colour screen with built in acceleration (circle, etc)
Compact Flash
Internal expansion port.
10,000mAh battery

It's a bit "chunky" but for my first go at 3D design and print I'm quite pleased.

Video (slightly wobbly sorry) of the graphics test.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_att ... bed4e8.mp4

More info on my github - https://github.com/TechPaula/LT6502/tree/main

[No True Scotsman]

Very nice!

There's nothing wrong with "chunky." Too many modern devices are tipped over by the weight of their own power cord. This appears to have about the same dimensions and heft as a Model 100, which I always found quite comfortable.

[BigEd]

Impressive! Graphics demo looks good.

[Martin_H]

Neat project. The display has acceleration for drawing things like circles; I take it the display is an external smart device?

[noneya]

That is really cool! Awesome build!

[PaulaM]

Martin_H wrote:

Neat project. The display has acceleration for drawing things like circles; I take it the display is an external smart device?

The display connects using 8bit parallel bus, it's an RA8875 based display.

[6502inside]

Pretty!

[Dr Jefyll]

Yes, it's very nice!

... and presently on the front page of Hacker News! (posted 5 hours ago)

Here is a link to the comments.

-- Jeff

[PaulaM]

Dr Jefyll wrote:

Yes, it's very nice!

... and presently on the front page of Hacker News! (posted 5 hours ago)

Here is a link to the comments.

-- Jeff

neat, thanks. I just made it for fun. Mostly because I used to enjoy a lot of fractals and that kind of thing for graphics, but I wanted something simple to program.
I do want to make a wifimodem card for it so I can use BBS' again.