Software and stuff
Gone. Things didn't work out with Blitz Studio. I'm not interested in changing the site's domain name, however. It's no longer a website for video games, though Blitz Studio only published one...
This is a place for me to host my various programming projects. The current project is 64-DOS, evidently a Disk Operating System for the Commodore 64. Read on to find out more about the project.
I'm almost done writing the terminal program (COMMAND.COM in MS-DOS). In 64-DOS, it's known as DOSTAI (Disk Operating System Terminal And Interpreter). There are a few other components that I need to get started on:
It would take more time than I'm interested in spending to explain why there are two booting stages.
Most likely! I doubt there's a market for this kind of thing, so I'll probably release it free of charge. I might even make it open-source. But that's somewhat less likely. In any case, once it's usable, I'll provide a link for it.
Text Editor | Notepad++ |
Programming Language | MOS 6502 Assembly |
Assembler | DASM |
Emulator | Versatile Commodore Emulator |
Diskette Image Editor | DroiD64 |
Additionally, I relied heavily on a lot of reference material...
Source | What I used it for |
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C64 Standard KERNAL Functions | Identifying which addresses to JSR to in the code |
C64 Memory Map | Finding specific memory locations in the C64's RAM |
Inside Commodore DOS | Better understanding the confusing-ass 1541 disk drive |
C64-Wiki | Getting quick info on anything related to the Commodore 64 |
6502 Instruction Set | Getting acquainted with the heart of the C64 |