Machine Code Monitor

dadecoza · June 22

a Novelty project with no real use but were fun to do It is inspired by the Compumate and "Basic Programming" cartridge as well as other 6502 single board computer projects.

More details and the source code (be gentle) are available on my GitHub.

a26mon_ntsc.bin a26mon_pal.bin

+rbairos · June 22

That's nice. I could see enthusiasts really exploring a cart like this back in the day.

dadecoza · June 22

7 hours ago, rbairos said:

That's nice. I could see enthusiasts really exploring a cart like this back in the day.

I were also thinking about that ... the Elektor Junior trainer came out in 1980 and had a 7segment displays for output at least with the 2600 you had the TIA ... However the Elektor Junior did have a proper 6502 with all the address lines and interrupts. I would like to believe that there were like you say enthusiasts in the late 70s early 80s that tried to use the 2600 as a computer. 6502 + RIOT were the base for many late 70s homebrew computers.

KevKelley · June 22

I cannot remember who but someone had suggested making something to read the data to kind of make a cartridge based video out. I wonder if something like this would be of use - making a pass through cart that can decipher the video and have a HDMI out.

(This is based off my little understanding of what was discussed in another thread)