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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Taming the 6510
I've been asked to do a 5-minute TED session next month in front of the whole company (~150 people), and I thought I would do it on ways to program ML for the c64 throughout the years.
Starting out with basic (peek & poke), using the cartridge monitor, turbo assembler, cross developing using 2 connected c64s, cross developing using another machine connected to a c64, coding everything on a pc using Vice and finally ending with KickAss (as my firm is very Java oriented that last one will probably take very well).
Now, am I forgetting something? Does anybody know if such a list is already present somewhere? Are there better terms that I could use (somehow I feel I used to know these things by different names)?
Thanks in advance. |
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Celtic
Administrator
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 807 |
I hope that the recording will find itself online somewhere for us c64 folks to view.
I hope you also take some time to talk about the amazing developments in graphical formats that the c64 has seen over the years, from hires and multicolour to fli, ifli and well nufli nowadays.
looking forward to it. |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Quote: I hope that the recording will find itself online somewhere for us c64 folks to view.
I hope you also take some time to talk about the amazing developments in graphical formats that the c64 has seen over the years, from hires and multicolour to fli, ifli and well nufli nowadays.
looking forward to it.
Like I've stated before: I've only got 5 minutes (3.5 actually as I also want to show my audience the result of cross-developing) so there is really no time to dive into other stuff.
Also, I don't really think they care one bit about c64 graphic formats ;) |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
I finished my TED talk about an hour ago, and even with me being a bit under the weather, and being a bit nervous as well (full house, about 80 people there) it was a huge success. It amazed me how many people knew what the 6510 is, and what mnemonics are. Also, the respect *we* as demo creators have amongst technical people is huge.
I couldn't do it in 5 minutes though, so I had it changed to 12. Unfortunately it meant I was the closing act (after 17 other talks) but I think that after finishing with Trans*form (as an example of a c64 program completely made on a pc) the applause was the biggest of the whole evening :)
BTW, it was videotaped, so I'll try to see if I can get ahold of it, and if it's any good, I'll upload it somewhere (TDD) for those interested. |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
looking forward. |
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WVL
Registered: Mar 2002
Posts: 902 |
Actually, I was not joking. POKEmon is on the VDC d64 of Risen from Oblivion :) |
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TWW
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 545 |
MOS65XX is da shiz! gratz! |
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HCL
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 728 |
TurboAssembler was the go for a long time, but the problem was the assembler using ~half of the memory and your source code also using up ram. That problem was later solved by size-optimizing the assembler, or using memory extentions for the assembler and source code. I think it was TronMon by Tron/FLT who developed such a system where you could use more or less the whole memory for your demo effects and the rest was kept in ram extention. |
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Slammer
Registered: Feb 2004
Posts: 416 |
One of the lesser known approaches was the Einstein Assembler. It was a two computer system where you developed your code on Amiga (giving faster assemble times and solving the memory problem) and then transferred it to the C64.
One of the smart features was the monitor switching system. When programming the amiga signal was displayed on the monitor, but when you assembled the code and transferred it to the c64, it automatically switched to the C64 picture so you only needed one monitor.
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5094 |
I was using VDC asm in the second half of the nineties. Turbo Assembler running on a c128d, can compile (at 2mhz) code into the VDC chip's 64k ram, then use a little routine to swap the 2 64k's, and you can use (almost) full 64k. |
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TDJ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1879 |
Very useful info guys, too bad you come up with it the day *after* I had my talk ;)
Fortunately I covered most of these solutions, although it would have been cool to know about the details. |
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