At
this point of some real 6502SoC hardware, I am realizing I need some potent software. So I started digging in my past (i.e. garage), and decided to start this thread...
I started setting up my old C-64 system to see if any of my 20+yr old 5.25" floppies could still be read...
I've had interest in using Bill Yee's Micromon-64, an old assembler/disassembler for the C-64 that I've used very successfully for other C-64 based projects a long time ago.
I know I have the program on floppy, but I also have the code for it in a book I have called
Compute!s First Book of Commodore 64. I would like to hack it and adapt it to the 6502SoC. Either his program, or Jim Butterfield's Supermon-64 (
may he rest in peace)...
Right now it appears I will have to type in the machine code for Micromon, and do all the translation myself cross referenced to the C-64 memory map...
I know Mike Naberezny, owner of 6502.org, said he had the Supermon-64 code in the old Delphi
post, but he's not been around for awhile now...
Even though the C-64 (and C-64C below) both worked, not one of the 3 1541's drives worked. When I did a LOAD"$",8 to list the directory, neither of the tan 1541's was recognized by the C-64. I got a very quick "device not recognized" on both. Using the same serial cable, the eldest VIC-1541 acted like it was trying to search but I think the motor driver is shot, it wouldn't even spin on power-up...
Still, was nice to see that BSOL (blue screen of life)...
...The "device" under the 3 drives is a VCR. I used it to quickly test the composite monitor, which tested positively.
I've got 2 other original C-64's that I had tested first to no avail. 1 was my original, fully socketed now, but much smoke has been let out of it and it's been rebuilt many times by my Dad's friend (20 yrs ago).
Alas neither were outputting video, so I brought out the VCR just to confirm the monitor worked...
EDIT (08/15/11): Updated title to reflect intent.
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