Posted by jpluimers on 2015/04/09
mos6502 wrote a really nice post on G+ with this quote:
“This is currently the oldest publicly available piece of source written by Bill Gates.”
A must read if you ever used Microsoft BASIC on a 6502 machine.
Lots of link to various sources of the Microsoft BASIC (it was developed on a PDP-10 that could even run the outputed 6502 assembly!)
–jeroen
via: We’ve already had some posts on the BASIC programming language for the 6502,….
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/04/06
My response to the comments in Cut and Paste Files & Folders in Mac OS X got a bit took long. So here is it in an article:
Indeed. CUA. The days (:
I’ll write more about CUA in the future (there is some CUA site:wiert.me stuff from the past) as it defines a lot of modern UI and user experience.
In fact the history of Ctrl-C and Command-C goes back until before System 1 (the OS for the first Macintosh) which indeed had the Open Apple Key shortcuts, but didn’t introduce them.
The Command Key was introduced in the Apple III and became more popular in the Apple //e and //c (I own both) where AppleWorks was already using these shortcuts in 1986.
It is funny to notice that Apple keyboards lost their logo keys but Windows keyboards gained them.
Some Apple keyboard pr0n can be found on Wikipedia.
--jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/12/24
Cool:
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For the 6502, 65c02 and 65816 freaks out there: WDC, who still produce the chips, have made their Programming the 65816 Including the 6502, 65C02 and 65802 available for free again (see link below). It’s the standard reference for the new version of these CPUs. Yes, this will be on the test. Ping +Alan Cox HT to BDD on 6502.org
–jeroen
For the 6502, 65c02 and 65816 freaks out there: WDC, who still produce the….
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/17
Some great links posted last week by mos6502 about soldering your own 6502 based computer.
The videos are of Ben Heck building an Apple I replica. But others did similar builing of NINA65, Loom 6502 and others.
I wish I had soldering skills like that, but I’m more of a programmer (that started on a 6502).
Great viewing those links and videos.
–jeroen
via: Do you remember the Apple I auction results that went through the media….
Here are Ben Heck’s videos: Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/05/02
Basic@50 would not be complete without This week: five BASICs for the 6502, to mark the 50th… from mos6502 – Google+.
–jeroen
via: Happy 50th birthday BASIC! (via: BASIC at Dartmouth) « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/27
At USD 50, this seems like a bargain for Apple I / Apple II lovers.
From the The WOZPAK Special Edition – Overview page:
In 1978, The WOZPAK was a 300 page technical manual produced by Apple Pugetsound Program Library Exchange. The poor resolution of copy machines and fax machines of the era made The WOZPAK an illegible and challenging to use collection of handwritten and typed notes. This collection as a whole was provided to the A.P.P.L.E. by Apple Computer, Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak and then company president Mike Scott.
…
Thanks to the encouragement of a number of computer industry legends, and the efforts of Apple historians, Brian Wiser and Bill Martens, we now have a completely refurbished and dramatically enhanced version of The WOZPAK. The WOZPAK Special Edition comes complete with the original materials from The WOZPAK and The WOZPAK II as well as some new materials provided by Apple legends from their personal libraries.
–jeroen
via: The WOZPAK Special Edition – Overview.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2014/04/04
Wow: 8 different javascript emulators for popular and obscure 6502 machines (most of them JavaScript based) at mos6502 – Google+ – This week: 6502 machines running in your browser.
–jeroen
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