Arduino 6502 Controller
Hardware
microprocessor development tools
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How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What people liked
Useful ICE-style tool for developing retro 6502 machines
From 1 comment
Wow! A 6502 ICE, nice! That would certainly make developing a retro 6502-based machine these days much easier.
coderjames on HN
Interest in playing with the project
From 1 comment
Back in the day you couldn’t even single step a 6502. IIRC the apple 1 manual had a super smart Woz way to nop the 6502 in between steps to keep it alive. That being said I love…
flatiron on HN
Objections
Debugger shows last executed operation, not next instruction, which is confusing
From 1 comment
NOTE: Most modern debuggers show the next statement/instruction that is going to be executed. The 6502ctl debugger always shows the last operation (not instruction) that was…
userbinator on HN
Using half of zero page for IO is an odd design choice
From 1 comment
Using half of zero-page for IO (and then dedicating 1/4 of that to a string printing interface) is a somewhat odd design choice. Most nontrivial 6502 software leans heavily on…
swetland on HN
Requests
Emulate a serial port interface instead of zero-page IO
From 1 comment
Using half of zero-page for IO (and then dedicating 1/4 of that to a string printing interface) is a somewhat odd design choice. Most nontrivial 6502 software leans heavily on…
swetland on HN
Questions
What exactly does the project do?
From 1 comment
Would OP like to elaborate on what exactly this does? I'm guessing the 6502 otherwise does not have good debugging/development support?
mNovak on HN
Alternatives named
RetroShield 6502 for Arduino Mega shield
From 1 comment
I came across a similar project in the past - a shield to drive a 6502 from an arduino: https://www.tindie.com/products/8bitforce/retroshield-6502-for-arduino-mega-2/ I bought…
stevekemp on HN