a place to store my junk
I recently bought a Commodore 64 from ebay. In the bundle I got this Digicom Packet System. I know it was used by Ham Radio enthusiasts but have no clue how it works. I know the guy who used to own this Commodore 64 made this box from a kit. I think it is technically a […]
Ok the next stage is to get some actual code running. I found a code sample here. http://www.randomterrain.com/atari-2600-memories-tutorial-andrew-davie-08.html created a local file asmtest.asm Because I created a new terminal session I need to run these two commands again. export bB=~/Atari2600/bB export PATH=$PATH:$bB I used this command to compile. Joes-MBP:samples arkleyjoe$ dasm.Darwin.x86 asmtest.asm -I”$bB/includes” -f3 -lasmtest.list.txt […]
So the first task is to find an Atari 2600 emulator to run on my mac and a compiler. A little bit of googling lead me to Stella this page has a download for Mac. Stella could not be more simple. You run it, locate your .bin files and double click to run. It looks […]
I would like to develop a game for Atari 2600. I will develop this game on my Mac, although my goal is to get the game running on a real 2600 and potentially even have a real cartridge made. I have a basic idea in my mind. The game will essentially be an infinite running […]
My wife wanted to do some printing using a daisy wheel printer. I purchased a KX-WD55 Daisywheel Printer from ebay. I got ready to connect it up, only to realise that it was specifically designed to work with the KX-WL55 Word Processor Laptop and has a special proprietary connector I did not recognise. It is definitely […]
My bathroom mirror has a light inside of it. The bulb went and so I opened up the mirror to replace the it. Once opened I realised there were a huge amount of empty space and I thought about adding a bluetooth speaker set up inside. It took me about 2 days to complete the […]
I recently purchased a Commodore 64 breadbin style from ebay.co.uk. When I fired up the machine, initially all looked good but the keyboard did not work. There were junk characters on the screen and if you used the keyboard it kept typing random characters. Usually when this happens the keyboard simply needs a clean. It’s quite […]
