The way ELECTRONICS used to be!
In a previous article, I introduced a hardware and software technique that allows for active data transfer from one Commodore 64 to another via a custom User Port cable connecting …
Data Transfer Between Two Commodore 64s Read More
I promised, both on this website and at VCFEast XII that I would release the details of the hardware and software involved in the “cross compiling” of Assembly language software …
Behind the Scenes – C64 Cross Assembling Read More
These days, the term “cross assembling” means that you use one computing environment to develop applications for different computing environment, like using Windows to make games for a Nintendo, or …
Cross Assembling on a Commodore 64 Read More
I just got done listening to Rob “Flack” O’Hara’s latest “You Don’t Know Flack” (YDKF) episode #157 called, “Printer Extravaganza.” I thought I would try something different and post a …
Blog Response to the YDKF Podcast Episode 157 Read More
Twice a year, I enter the contest known as RetroChallenge. It is an informal challenge for all participants to do something with retro computers for one month. The next “Winter …
Updated Jan 20, 2015: My RetroChallenge Entry for January 2015 Read More
Ignore the last post about the “Summer Challenge” Retrochallenge (http://www.retrochallenge.net/). While I was looking for the equipment I needed to effectively finish the Donkey Kong game for the VIC-20 (I …
Summer Challenge 2014 Retrochallenge – GEOS Read MoreThis Christmas day, I had a chance to look back and reflect on some of my earlier days as a computer programmer, working on simple, yet festive graphic demos on …
Christmas Demos – VIC-20 Style Read More
As an amateur radio operator (HAM radio) I rarely talk for any great length of time during a QSO (meaning, talking with a “single person contact” or in a lengthy …
The Two Hour QSO Read More
A little over a year ago, I bought a useful hardware adapter which makes the transfer of Commodore 8-bit floppy disks seem like an elementary task. In the past, I …
Archiving Dozens of Floppies Read MoreThe world’s first color computer marketed for the masses! 16 Colors – 4 Channel Sound – 5K Memory Ahhhhh! Color and Sound! This went through my mind as I first …
The Commodore VIC-20 Read More