Introduce yourself

[potatohead]

I live near Portland, Oregon and have been computing since the early 80's. My 6502 experience started on Apple ][ and Atari 8 bit computers, and I've a soft spot for 6809 too. These days, I do some hobby retro computing projects on or targeted for those machine, or an emulation depending on what it is. My hardware collection includes an Apple //e, Atari 800XL, CoCo 3 vintage machines, a couple of 6502 series chips in tubes waiting for just that right hardware project, and some micro-controller based boards that run 6502 emulations.

Like probably all of you here, I love the 6502 assembly language having written many small programs over the years. 6502 was the first assembly language I learned.

My embedded experiences are limited though I have done a few successful projects, none using a 6502, but all involving some assembly language or other. Mostly this is hobby time for me, or skill building in a fun, seemingly simple but often more complex than it seems environment.

Greetings everybody! I've read for years off and on and feel I know many of you fairly well. I registered to make posts recently because I will very likely be looking for some information or other soon and thought it good to get my feet wet now. For what it's worth, I also enjoy Parallax Propeller micro-controllers, which do have a reasonable starter core emulation written for them I may well put to good use in the future.

Not sure what else to say, so that's it. Greetings and cheers all! Good crowd here from what I can tell. Hope to just add to that. If it has bits, I'm generally up for it. Computing is just a lot of fun for me.

[BigEd]

Hi PotatoHead - I've followed your Propeller emulator adventures off and on, although I haven't gone so far as to buy any Propeller kit.
Thanks for your intro. (Registering is very handy because it lets you track new and unread posts - I think I registered some time before I posted.)
Cheers
Ed

[ElEctric_EyE]

potatohead wrote:

...Greetings and cheers all! Good crowd here from what I can tell. Hope to just add to that. If it has bits, I'm generally up for it. Computing is just a lot of fun for me.

Bits and flags! Greetz.

[GunPilot]

Hi all. I'm not quite sure how to introduce myself as I am probably one of the most novice electronics hobbyists on here. I'm all self taught so far as electronics are concerned so I'm usually behind the curve when reading most topics. I did make my living for quite a few years as a network engineer, which included a lot of hardware troubleshooting and computer repair. My education is mostly on the software and information management side though.

Over the years I have learned enough about electronics to be able to mostly understand the concepts. I am utterly inexperienced as a digital designer, which is an area I am really interested in and want to get better at. I want to design my own 6502 machine, just for fun and education.
I have built several of the N8VEM (Z80) SBC boards which are up and running, and have so far learned a lot. They have a 6502/6809 CPU board that I built as well with a WDC 65c02. It is very educational and fun to build these systems but I want to be able to design one of my own, I imagine like a lot of 6502.org users have done or are working on.

I have a very soft spot for the 6502 from my VIC-20 and C64 days. I did a little assembly programming in those days and was amazed at the power hidden at the machine level. I really like the 65816 as a successor. I may have accidentally included one in my last Jameco order

I have read a lot of the sites that users here have up, regarding the 6502 systems, Garth's and BDD's (kind of embarrassed to refer to you in that way) which have exponentially expanded my understanding. I'm so glad the 6502 has such an 'ecosystem' around it. Anyway, I hope you all will have patience with my lack of knowledge.

My username comes from my years as an AH-64A Apache pilot although I have spent a lot more time in an OH-58 as a member of the National Guard. I'm kinda slowing down now so it's time to have other things to keep me occupied.

-George Harris

[BigEd]

Welcome! That accidental purchase of an 816 could lead to bigger things!
Cheers
Ed

[BigDumbDinosaur]

GunPilot wrote:

Hi all.

Welcome to our 65xx world, where the air is always clean and fresh (none of that nasty x86 pollution) and a common purpose exists (whatever that may be).

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I am utterly inexperienced as a digital designer, which is an area I am really interested in and want to get better at. I want to design my own 6502 machine, just for fun and education.

Well, you've come to the right place! Also, be sure to read Garth's 6502 primer series, which will help you get off the starting block. Also, please be mindful of my favorite dictum in new design projects: learn how to fly a Piper Cub before taking off for Tokyo in a 747.

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...I really like the 65816 as a successor. I may have accidentally included one in my last Jameco order

Oh yeah, sounds like a really tragic "accident."

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I have read a lot of the sites that users here have up, regarding the 6502 systems, Garth's and BDD's (kind of embarrassed to refer to you in that way)...

Everyone else uses BDD, so nothing to be embarrassed about. It beats typing BigDumbDinosaur all the time.

[ElEctric_EyE]

GunPilot wrote:

Hi all... I have a very soft spot for the 6502 from my VIC-20 and C64 days... My username comes from my years as an AH-64A Apache pilot although I have spent a lot more time in an OH-58 as a member of the National Guard. I'm kinda slowing down now so it's time to have other things to keep me occupied.

-George Harris

Welcome. And Thank you for your service!

[BigDumbDinosaur]

ElEctric_EyE wrote:

GunPilot wrote:

Hi all... I have a very soft spot for the 6502 from my VIC-20 and C64 days... My username comes from my years as an AH-64A Apache pilot although I have spent a lot more time in an OH-58 as a member of the National Guard. I'm kinda slowing down now so it's time to have other things to keep me occupied.

-George Harris

Welcome. And Thank you for your service!

Oops! Forgot to reply to his time in the Apache and OH-58. There are other military veterans here in the 6502.org "family" as well (U.S. Navy, in my case).

[ElEctric_EyE]

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:

...Oops! Forgot to reply to his time in the Apache and OH-58. There are other military veterans here in the 6502.org "family" as well (U.S. Navy, in my case).

USMC here... Welcome to a place of peace and logic.

[BigDumbDinosaur]

ElEctric_EyE wrote:

BigDumbDinosaur wrote:

...Oops! Forgot to reply to his time in the Apache and OH-58. There are other military veterans here in the 6502.org "family" as well (U.S. Navy, in my case).

USMC here... Welcome to a place of peace and logic.

Logic, at least. Dunno about the peace part.

[scotws]

GunPilot wrote:

I'm not quite sure how to introduce myself as I am probably one of the most novice electronics hobbyists on here.

Nah, my ignorance beats yours hands down . Welcome!

[AdamGr]

Hello all! I only started learning and playing with the 6502 last summer and reading posts on this forum at around the same time. I live in Seattle, Washington. I tend to fill up most of my days with hobby embedded projects using ARM micro controllers (especially the mbed) but I take a break every once in awhile for retro computing and the most recent addition to my collection is an Apple IIe.

I hope to just keep learning more from you all and not asking too many stupid newbie questions :)

[BigDumbDinosaur]

AdamGr wrote:

Hello all! I only started learning and playing with the 6502 last summer and reading posts on this forum at around the same time. I live in Seattle, Washington. I tend to fill up most of my days with hobby embedded projects using ARM micro controllers (especially the mbed) but I take a break every once in awhile for retro computing and the most recent addition to my collection is an Apple IIe.

I hope to just keep learning more from you all and not asking too many stupid newbie questions

Welcome to our 65xx world. I'm not sure that I'd call all 65xx-powered systems retro, though. Although the Apple ][e definitely qualifies as retro, the 65C02 is in current production, being shipped in the millions each year, with no sign of a letup.

As for the newbie questions, don't worry about it. We'll try to help you out best we can.

[cdrum]

Hi everyone,
I'm a freelance mobile software engineer. I grew up with the BBC Micro (Model B), first programming Basic, then learning 6502 Assembler. I'm wanting to do more hardware/hacky projects these days, and would like to do something with the 65C02 which apparently is going strong these days.

There's some very good links at the top of this thread, but for my 6502 playings I'd like to start with some smaller, more approachable little projects, rather than building a full-on computer. Does that make any sense? If so, what sort of projects might be possible?

Thanks for the forum!

[BigDumbDinosaur]

cdrum wrote:

Hi everyone,
I'm a freelance mobile software engineer. I grew up with the BBC Micro (Model B), first programming Basic, then learning 6502 Assembler. I'm wanting to do more hardware/hacky projects these days, and would like to do something with the 65C02 which apparently is going strong these days.

There's some very good links at the top of this thread, but for my 6502 playings I'd like to start with some smaller, more approachable little projects, rather than building a full-on computer. Does that make any sense? If so, what sort of projects might be possible?

Thanks for the forum!

Welcome to our 65xx world.

There's a page somewhere around here with mini-projects that might be a source of inspiration. Designing and building a basic computer is approachable, however, and shouldn't be set aside as a first project. Look around for ideas.