luciddefender

I once had an Intellivision that only played IMAGIC games. A friend kicked it and it worked once again with all games. IIRC intvnut said it may have been some of the address lines might have had an issue, the IMAGIC titles had their own versions of certain routines that wouldn't be in the affected addresses.

Do you fellows happen to have a recommendation on a book for general software development? Something that goes through the process of building a framework, subroutines, algorithms, etc... I suppose I'm looking for a book with a lot of good exercises and teaches fundamentally sound programming techniques and style. Thanks.

I've been going through Jim Butterfield's Machine Language for the Commodore, Leo Scanlon's 6502 Software Design, and Compute!'s Machine Language for Beginners. Leo Scanlon's book is extremely well written, and my favorite of the bunch. I don't see how anyone could write a better book on the 6502. It's going to be a little while before I can begin writing my own applications, but I'm certainly learning. I'm considering studying computer engineering in school, as microprocessors and digital electronics are fascinating to me. Thanks for all the advice.

Any suggestions on good starting applications to write, from your experiences as a newbie?

A lot of excellent info has been posted here; I adore the community here. I ordered myself a few old books on 6502 assembly and a general programming book. Scientific Engineering Problem Solving 6502 Software Design Also, the e-book versions of Machine Language for the Commodore 64 and Machine Language for Beginners. I'll most likely start with a Commodore 64 emulator or a Vic-20 emulator. I'm going to be switching majors in school from Criminal Justice to Computer Science, and want to have a good foundation on simple microprocessors.

The Odyssey 2 has some great documentation out there - for example, this. I found a commodore article database, but it has over 600 something articles! I suppose I'd like documentation that goes through the registers, works you through basic BIOS calls(hey, we all need to start somewhere), collision detection, sprites, etc. I've tried finding a decent C64 programming book, but they seem to all be on BASIC vs ASM. Any suggestions? Thanks for the wealth of info.

Thanks for the input. The 6502 sounds like a winner. I know the NES uses it, but it's not an easy platform to develop for. Which platform would you recommend developing for to learn the cpu, but with good development and debugging tools available? Thanks!

To preface this discussion, I have very limited amounts of programming experience. Some BASIC years ago, and only a very little bit of C. Which microprocessor architecture would some of you recommend to someone that doesn't have much experience with assembly language? I suppose the ideal platform would be one with good tools, documentation, and emulators/simulators for testing code. Some processors off the top of my head are the Z80, x86, 6502, 6509, 6512, 68000, ARM, and TMS9900. I would imagine for a beginner, developing on a platform with a decent amount of BIOS routines would be helpful as well. Also, a platform is easy to learn, yet difficult to master to keep it interesting would be ideal as well. Would any of you share your experiences and thoughts? I'm interested in both learning and having some fun as well Thanks, - Mike

It came on a floppy disk, which I no longer have. I emailed Chad and another fellow to get a copy of it. Thanks.

My Intellicart #138 is now for sale on ebay. I'm LucidDefender over at DigitPress, and also have feedback on www.heatware.com under the handle Doom5. If you have any questions, just PM me.

What gameboy color games do you have? Also, can you list if they' re loose, complete, or have just box or instrustions? Thanks!

Since I have an RGB to component transcoder, and Atari Jaguar RGB cables are pretty much non-existant in the US, I installed a DB9 connector on my Jaguar to go to my RGB transcoder. I know the pinout of the AV port on the back, but I do not want to use that for tapping the RGB, composite video, and audio lines as it would render the port useless for stock cables. On the back of the jag, behind the ports, there's a large row of resistors; I assume these would be where I would tap the video and sound, but I do not know which ones I need to tap. Does anyone have any experience with RGB modding their Jag? Thanks!

I'm looking to purchase an Atari Jaguar, preferrably here so I can avoid ebay. I'm looking for something boxed preferrably. Also, I'd like to find a copy of Wolfenstein 3d, Tempest 2000, Cannon Fodder, and Worms. PM or send an email to doom6@optonline.net if you have any of these items for sale. Thanks.