Category Archives: Software

Commodore 64 Terminal Program

Posted on February 7, 2018 by admin

Sometimes I feel like an archaeologist rediscovering a long-forgotten world when I look back at projects I worked on as a teenager. I often examine completed programs or pieces of code that my younger self created over 30 years ago … Continue reading →

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Pokémon Go

Posted on July 17, 2016 by admin

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

Posted on December 4, 2015 by admin

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

Posted on April 2, 2015 by admin

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

Posted on June 2, 2013 by admin

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

Posted on September 16, 2003 by admin

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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