Subject: Re: [stella] 2600 Programming on an Apple ][c From: Robin Harbron <macbeth@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 19:22:55 -0400 |
Chris Cracknell wrote: > > Woohoo! I just had a neighbour give me an Apple ][c that was just given to > her by a friend. I had been contemplating picking one up at the Goodwill > and now I won't have to. > > I was thinking about using it to write some Atari 2600 programs. Because > this beastie is so small I could take it upstairs and sit in the livingroom > with it, program away, and keep an eye on the baby all at the same time. > > I think there are some people on the list using Apple ][s for 2600 programming > is there not? I have some questions for you guys if you don't mind. Just thought I'd remind folks that Playbin is available - it's a C64 program that does the job of both Makewave *and* a wav player - it takes a binary in the C64's memory and plays it out into a Supercharger. A simple demo program is included - the docs are available on the web page, apart from the .lnx distribution file. http://www.tbaytel.net/macbeth/atari.html It runs on a stock C64, and the only extra "hardware" you need is a small cassette player or something that has a line in and 1/8" jack out, so you can plug the Supercharger in. I'm pretty sure this is the fastest, most integrated Atari 2600 development system around - your assembler, source and playbin can all reside in memory together. In my setup, two keystrokes will assemble and begin playing the binary into the Supercharger - as soon as it's done playing, I'm right back in the source, with the cursor flashing, ready to continue to make changes. Fastest development on the real Atari anyway - maybe it'd be faster if you set things up nice on a PC with an emulator - I found it all pretty tedious when I was trying things that way, but maybe there's some way of automating it all, with .bat files or something. Chris: I'm pretty sure a C64 is even smaller than an Apple II ;) -- Robin Harbron macbeth@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.tbaytel.net/macbeth -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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