The MOS 6502 and the Best Layout Guy in the World

Re:The MOS 6502 and the Best Layout Guy in the World by exception on Monday January 03, 2011 @06:53PM (#2065193)

I loved the 6502. Around that era I programmed the SC/MP, Z80, the 8080 and the 6800. Although the Z80 was more powerful, the 6502 holds a special place in my heart as it was the first CPU I worked with and I loved the simplicity of the instruction set.

My crowning achievement was a multi-threaded kernel for a CNC punch. Since the stack was at a fixed memory address and there was no PUSHA, I had to change threads (in response to an IRQ) by sequentially pushing the registers on to the stack and then swapping the stack with a block copy. It worked! Crazy :/

I loved reading this article - thanks for posting. Awesome stuff! Makes me want to code my own circuit emulator :)

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Re:The MOS 6502 and the Best Layout Guy in the World by thinkingeric on Monday January 03, 2011 @08:38PM (#2065475)

Ditto that. My first programs were in assembly on the 6502, and I'm thrilled to see it getting this attention. I'm just sorry that I don't still have the KIM-1.

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Re:The MOS 6502 and the Best Layout Guy in the World by greggraham on Monday January 03, 2011 @09:30PM (#2065606)

I was planning on buying a KIM-1 when my dad surprised me by buying an Apple II. I didn't end up writing anything in assembly on the Apple II, though. My first assembly language was IBM-370 in college. I wish now I had started with the KIM-1, though.

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