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Hello from Australia (new 6502 fan)

Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:18 am
by FlamingCuboid
Hi,

I'm from Australia. I have been excitedly following David Murray's project since his first "Building My Dream Computer" video.

I find the concept of the system very satisfying with its lack of bloatware (found on modern systems) and the community engagement. Most interesting is the ability to code at the hardware level, and create working code using the powers of my imagination.

I've taken it upon myself the challenge of self-learning 65C02 assembly - why oh why put myself through the torture?!
There's great resources around the obscure or forgotten parts of the web. A shoutout to the great tutorial by Matt Heffernan that put me on the right track.

But it's been very fun, learning assembly is challenging and rewarding. At the moment I'm working on a puzzle game, with plans to finish it in the coming year, and then I'll be planning to cook up something more grand. I look forward to see what else the community has come up with :D and look forward to chatting to you all.

Re: Hello from Australia (new 6502 fan)

Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:25 pm
by mortarm
FlamingCuboid wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:18 am I find the concept of the system very satisfying with its lack of bloatware (found on modern systems)
The solution to that is don't buy off the shelf, i.e., build your own.

Re: Hello from Australia (new 6502 fan)

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:10 am
by SolarSurfer
Welcome, FlamingCuboid!

I'm also learning assembly via the x16. It's something I'd always wanted to do, having coded in high level languages most of my life. It's so fun to peer under the hood and see how things work at a lower level. Right now I'm wrestling with how to normalize and pack floating point numbers and how to use the FACC and the math library. Frustrating, but that's where the fun is!

What are you working on (or stuck on) at the moment?