6502nerd
@6502nerd.bsky.social
Retro coder and homebrew computer maker, fan of all things 6502, electronics and retro computers in general.
Z80 vs 6502? I don't care they're both in computers I loved back in the day.
Oric, Atari and Amiga were my childhood machines!
Z80 vs 6502? I don't care they're both in computers I loved back in the day.
Oric, Atari and Amiga were my childhood machines!
Programming 8 bit games in C targeting the Oric 6502 based micro.
Here's one example converted from dflat a BASIC like language I developed for my homebrew computer 🤓
youtu.be/wLsLQ_LsYGU
Here's one example converted from dflat a BASIC like language I developed for my homebrew computer 🤓
youtu.be/wLsLQ_LsYGU
Programming in C for the Oric Atmos 6502 microcomputer
YouTube video by 6502Nerd
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Programming 8 bit games in C targeting the Oric 6502 based micro.
Here's one example converted from dflat a BASIC like language I developed for my homebrew computer 🤓
youtu.be/wLsLQ_LsYGU
Here's one example converted from dflat a BASIC like language I developed for my homebrew computer 🤓
youtu.be/wLsLQ_LsYGU
I remember seeing that at the time and thinking it was a bit unusual Paul Hardcastle's track being in the charts!
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I remember seeing that at the time and thinking it was a bit unusual Paul Hardcastle's track being in the charts!
Never coded in Ada but I remember thinking it was decent and good for real time programming if I recall correctly?
October 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Never coded in Ada but I remember thinking it was decent and good for real time programming if I recall correctly?
Does micropython work well in terms of performance?
October 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Does micropython work well in terms of performance?
We learnt Pascal for A level at college. It was designed for education so it's decent I think.
But by my second year I was using C on my Amiga A500 and I liked that more!
But by my second year I was using C on my Amiga A500 and I liked that more!
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
We learnt Pascal for A level at college. It was designed for education so it's decent I think.
But by my second year I was using C on my Amiga A500 and I liked that more!
But by my second year I was using C on my Amiga A500 and I liked that more!
My favorite is C/C++
Pascal is nice too.
For retro kicks 68000 and 6502 assembly language is great.
BASIC is nostalgic but not as interesting as I found it way back when..
Pascal is nice too.
For retro kicks 68000 and 6502 assembly language is great.
BASIC is nostalgic but not as interesting as I found it way back when..
October 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My favorite is C/C++
Pascal is nice too.
For retro kicks 68000 and 6502 assembly language is great.
BASIC is nostalgic but not as interesting as I found it way back when..
Pascal is nice too.
For retro kicks 68000 and 6502 assembly language is great.
BASIC is nostalgic but not as interesting as I found it way back when..
Tbf I can see how bad that is compared to the crt tv RF display.. So indeed as I suspected alas I do not have an old school crt tv.. Yet! 🤓
October 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Tbf I can see how bad that is compared to the crt tv RF display.. So indeed as I suspected alas I do not have an old school crt tv.. Yet! 🤓
Haven't seen an RF display for years. I think I do have an older lcd TV that supports it but I'm sure the even older analogue crt are more sympathetic to weak and wobbly RF? 🤔
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Haven't seen an RF display for years. I think I do have an older lcd TV that supports it but I'm sure the even older analogue crt are more sympathetic to weak and wobbly RF? 🤔
And relevant to lots of 6502 based machines. The general idea of a game loop, state machine for objects etc. 🤓
October 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
And relevant to lots of 6502 based machines. The general idea of a game loop, state machine for objects etc. 🤓
Haha yes got it yesterday and opened it but no time to try anything. I'll wait for the instructions I think 🤓🤞🏽
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Haha yes got it yesterday and opened it but no time to try anything. I'll wait for the instructions I think 🤓🤞🏽
This is an irl photo of my desk right now! 🤓🤘🏽
October 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is an irl photo of my desk right now! 🤓🤘🏽
You can see from my profile picture that I also have an affinity for Tangerine machines.
My first computer was bought for me in 1983, an Oric-1.
I learned to program on that and it started everything for me.
Best of all I still have it and even still making things for it!
My first computer was bought for me in 1983, an Oric-1.
I learned to program on that and it started everything for me.
Best of all I still have it and even still making things for it!
October 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
You can see from my profile picture that I also have an affinity for Tangerine machines.
My first computer was bought for me in 1983, an Oric-1.
I learned to program on that and it started everything for me.
Best of all I still have it and even still making things for it!
My first computer was bought for me in 1983, an Oric-1.
I learned to program on that and it started everything for me.
Best of all I still have it and even still making things for it!
A Microtan65 should be on display!
October 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A Microtan65 should be on display!
Everything was better in the 80s..I might be biased though 🤘🏽
October 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Everything was better in the 80s..I might be biased though 🤘🏽
I wouldn't have been able to say but I just searched for 14 inch fidelity tv and I found a picture which confirms it definitely was. Well remembered!
October 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I wouldn't have been able to say but I just searched for 14 inch fidelity tv and I found a picture which confirms it definitely was. Well remembered!
Yes absolutely was inspired by the pdp. Also the C inventors K&R definitely knew the pdp.
October 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Yes absolutely was inspired by the pdp. Also the C inventors K&R definitely knew the pdp.
Yes the 68000 instruction set almost looks like it was designed for C!
October 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Yes the 68000 instruction set almost looks like it was designed for C!