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WHUUUT! It runs BASIC?

A project log for ABN6502 SBC R1

Saving the planet, one obsolete chip at a time

anders-nielsenAnders Nielsen 09/19/2022 at 22:120 Comments

It's not exactly Crysis.. It's not even DOOM.. But for the real retro crowd BASIC certainly seems to be the true test of a real 1970's microcomputer. 

And now mine does it too!

I somehow managed to mess up the memory map configuration when I first tried to get it running and that certainly delay'ed the whole thing a bit(yes, I spent more time than I care to admit), but after learning a lot about cc65 macros and how Bill Gates and Ric Weiland architected their version of BASIC from the experience, it was smooth sailing from there - I even managed to quickly write up some wrappers for saving to and loading from tape! Proudly featuring my #Simple Universal Modem !

I hope the video will be well received. Either way, I had a lot of fun getting to this point - next stop: I2C-land!

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