6502-monitor-plus: Evolution The first post I made on this blog was about an enhanced/extended version of the Arduino based 6502 address/data line monitor that Ben Eater uses in his video series on... August 15, 2026 Retro Computing
101 BASIC Computer Games: Redux This is a follow-up to my post “101 BASIC Computer Games for Ben Eater’s 6502“ In that post, I talked about porting games from David Ahl’s classic, 1973, book “101... August 5, 2026 Retro Computing
Programmer’s HEX Pad I’ve been doing a lot more “work” (it’s all fun, really) on minimalist builds of various retro-computers. Bootstrapping some of these builds necessitates low-level code entry; for IPL this sometimes... July 27, 2026 Hardware
101 BASIC Computer Games for Ben Eater’s 6502 TL;DR; or “Just Get to the Programs!” For reasons that you can read in the rest of this post, I was inspired to port the programs listed in David Ahl’s... July 24, 2026 Retro Computing
(Further) Extending MS-BASIC (6502) – Part 3 Custom MS-BASIC Commands & HD44780 LCD Quirks In part 2 of this topic, I covered the usage of the extended/custom commands I’d added to MS-BASIC (6502), and found a quirk... July 19, 2026 Retro Computing
(Further) Extending MS-BASIC (6502) – Part 2 Preamble & Pre-Requisites In part 1, I covered extending MS-BASIC’s “token table” to allow us to add more custom commands. Those changes are required to make use of what’s in... July 18, 2026 Retro Computing
(Further) Extending MS-BASIC (6502) – Part 1 Further extending? Well, yes … provided you’ve built Ben Eater’s 6502 breadboard computer and followed his videos on first getting MS-BASIC running on it, then hacking it to add custom... July 17, 2026 Retro Computing
EEPROMs, EEPROM Emulators & 27 vs. 28 series ICs After addressing my fragility-nervosa regarding the frequent removal/insertion of AT28C256 EEPROMs in my Ben Eater 6502 build, by adding an elevated ZIF socket to the board, I still wanted a... July 13, 2026 Retro Computing
Breadboards, EEPROMs and ZIF Sockets … oh my … It didn’t take a lot of time writing code for the Ben Eater 6502 for me to get a little tired of removing the EEPROM, programming it, and reinserting it... July 12, 2026 Retro Computing
6502-monitor-plus I recently built the Ben Eater 6502 computer. In doing so, I had a lot of fun playing with the Arduino Mega 2560 R3 based monitor that Ben sets up... July 11, 2026 Retro Computing
