Category Archives: Software

Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go is the latest mobile game taking the world by storm. In a little over two weeks the interest in Pokémons has been nothing short of amazing, grabbing a new generation of players and rekindled older players interests. Pokémon … Continue reading

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Joy of coding

It’s been a long time since I started coding and over the past 30+ years if found that the continual challenges and enjoyment that coding has brought me to be a great way to past the time. Recently I was … Continue reading

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ATARI: Game Over Documentary

Finished watching ATARI: Game Over Documentary on Apple TV last week. While I found it interesting that even after 30 years that there is such interest in whether Atari did or didnt dump thousands of ET cartridges in a landfill. … Continue reading

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Launching 64 programs from a 128

How to launch a C64 program from a C128 in 128 mode: Location 65533 will return a unique value depending on the mode / machine which is running. Using the ABS function allows us to make the variable M equal … Continue reading

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Load and Run

Here is a utility program for everyone. One of the worst features of the C64 is the way the 1541 handles machine language program. It is essential that you load a ML program wit a “,8,1” suffix so that the … Continue reading

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