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Some of you may have heard of the ROMulator, a device that can emulate RAM and ROM on 6502-based computers. But how does it work? How do you use it? …read more Continue reading Debug Your Senile Computers With The ROMulator
In a wonderful ode to tech nostalgia, The Taylor and Amy Show, comprised of YouTubers [Taylor] and [Amy], have released a new video “THE 6502 SONG”. This song had me …read more Continue reading Celebrating the 6502 With Song
Calculator maker Commodore was almost forced into bankruptcy in 1975 when Texas Instruments (TI) directly entered the market with far less expensive products. Incensed by this, co-founder Jack Tramiel discovered that vertical integration was the key to… Continue reading Tech Nostalgia: Vertical Integration (Premium)
The venerable MOS Technology 6502 turned up in all kinds of computers and other digital equipment over the years. Typically, it was clocked fairly slow and had limited resources, but …read more Continue reading The Neo6502 is a Credit-Card Sized Retro Computer
Retired hardware engineer [Plasmode] recently took on the challenge of building a debugger for the 6502 designed to sit atop the microprocessor while seated in a solder less breadboard. The …read more Continue reading A 6502 Overlay Debugger
The most collectible items in the realm of vintage computers often weren’t the most popular of their era. Quite the opposite, in fact. Generally the more desireable systems were market …read more Continue reading Apple III Slows Down to Smell the Roses
At the very start of the personal computer revolution, there were relatively inexpensive boards with little more than a CPU, some memory, a display, and switches or a keypad. Some …read more Continue reading Kim-1: Memory Problem Resolved
At the heart of all computers is a clock, a dedicated timepiece ensuring that all of the parts of the computer are synchronized and can work together to execute the …read more Continue reading Clock Runs Computer In Slow-Motion
We covered [Anders Nielsen]’s 65duino project a short while ago, and now he’s back with an update video showing some more details of bit-banging I2C using plain old 6502 assembly …read more Continue reading A Simple Guide To Bit Banged I2C On The 6502
[Adrian] comments that the BBC Master 128 is a rare 8-bit computer, and we agree — we couldn’t remember hearing about that particular machine, although the BBC series is quite …read more Continue reading BBC Master 128 Revealed