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Nerd topic: 6502

Oooh I know, you don’t have to put it in the comments: i’m a tremendous nerd but I couldn’t help myself. Today my (combined) incoming mailbox hit a magical number… check this:

See? 6502 messages… 6502!! The MOS technology 6502 CPU… The CPU of my first actual computer I got way back in 1982 1983. The amazing Oric-1. Oh whow.. that brings back some sweet memories. And ofcourse my bible, the holy book called “Programming the 6502″ by Rodnay Zaks… Oh those were the days.. anyway.. I better start reading some mail now….

In the meanwhile feast your eyes on some 6502 floating point assembly routines written by Steve Wozniak (of Apple fame).

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9 Responses to “Nerd topic: 6502”

  1. bart Says:
    January 28th, 2010 at 19:44

    Pfff. Nerd. ;-)

  2. Buizerd Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 8:39

    You are a tremendous nerd. Which is a good thing by the way ;-)

  3. Pieneke Kaas Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 10:19

    Beter gezegd: een sentimentele nerd. :-)

  4. Eddie Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 10:49

    Pfff. Nerd. ;-)
    You are a tremendous nerd.
    een sentimentele nerd.

    Whahahaha.. okay… I should have seen that one coming.. was asking for it wasn’t I?

  5. fd0 Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 15:10

    yes you were ;)

  6. Byte Says:
    February 17th, 2010 at 7:35

    I remember it being the 16k version for a couple of hours only…

  7. Byte Says:
    February 17th, 2010 at 7:47

    So how did you get your hands on a retail Oric-1 in 1982 when it was only released in 1983, eh?

    Source: http://oric.ifrance.com/story/chapter1.html

  8. Eddie Says:
    February 17th, 2010 at 8:51

    So how did you get your hands on a retail Oric-1 in 1982 when it was only released in 1983, eh?

    Yes, you are absolutely right, it was released early 1983. But now I’m starting to doubt all..Did I get it in 1983? 1984? Do you remember Byte? We got the Atari 2600 in 1982 right? It may have been 1984… when did you get your first Atari XL? Oh man, I have to get this straightened out before my memory fades…
    I do remember I got it ‘el cheapo’ so it must have been on the market for quiet some time… maybe 1984? I think I still have the receipt in the original box… now where did I put that?

  9. Eddie Says:
    February 17th, 2010 at 8:59

    I remember it being the 16k version for a couple of hours only…

    Well I got the 16k version for a very short period of time indeed. Turned out that most software really required the 48k (actually 64k but 16kb shadowed by ROM) version.

    Well what –until today– has been recorded as “an accident” can now be revealed :-D (it was a long time ago anyway). The computershop didn’t want to take back the 16K version and upgrade me to the 48K version. Luckily the Oric-1 has a I/O connector that was directly connected to the hardware (unbuffered!!)… So a little power on the ‘wrong pins’ melted the 16K Oric-1 to the core. Now the shop had to take it back. It was obviously beyond repair (all components were fitted on the board itself that also didn’t survive the currents).
    So they offered me a new one and allowed me to upgrade to the 48K version at the same time (after paying the price difference ofc.)

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