[HN Gopher] The C64 OS Programmer's Guide
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The C64 OS Programmer's Guide
Author : ibobev
Score : 49 points
Date : 2022-11-08 09:41 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (c64os.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (c64os.com)
| blondin wrote:
| this is super cool.
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| is there a plan to make printed copies of the guides available?
| commandlinefan wrote:
| When I was 12, I thought this was what I would be doing for the
| rest of my life. Shame it didn't work out that way.
| CodeMage wrote:
| I wish someone decided to make ZX Spectrum 48k and Commodore 64
| again. Those were my childhood micros and I'd love to have them.
| And by "make them again", I don't mean "stick an emulator on a
| Raspberry Pi and then stick that Pi inside a shell that resembles
| those micros", I mean make the exact same hardware again.
| actionfromafar wrote:
| The C64 can be built from (almost) all new components now.
| Keyframe wrote:
| This is true. I built C64 Reloaded MK2 and it's been great.
| Amiga has re:amiga and zx has various redos.
| sedatk wrote:
| Except SID chip. I believe nobody still knows how to make it.
| wedowhatwedo wrote:
| There are multiple SID replacements:
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| https://retrocomp.cz/produkt?id=2
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| https://github.com/frntc/SIDKick
| kevin_thibedeau wrote:
| The Commander X16 is a spiritual successor to C128.
| Keyframe wrote:
| Or Mega65
| hvs wrote:
| https://zxrenew.co.uk/HARLEQUIN-128K-REV-2D-LARGE-DIY-KIT-p3...
| pjmlp wrote:
| They do, but only a selected few manage to get hold of them,
| check Spectrum Next.
| tpmx wrote:
| Both were produced in very respectable numbers so they are not
| that expensive to buy used these days, despite the recent
| appetite for retro HW. Approximately 100 USD.
| zozbot234 wrote:
| I would rather see a 6502- or Z80-based smartwatch platform,
| honestly. It would totally fit the performance class of those
| chips, and you could even have some meaningful compatibility
| with the old 8-bit systems.
| wvenable wrote:
| My smartwatch can run Windows 3.1 inside an emulator running
| inside of web browser.
| erwincoumans wrote:
| This C64OS video seems nice:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nUosmUcckU
| jmann99999 wrote:
| Old school systems fascinate me, and what people are able to do
| in 64KB of memory on a 8 bit computers today seems like magic.
|
| Genuine question... Could Commodore have made an OS like this in
| 1982, if they had today's perspective?
| dnewcome wrote:
| There was GEOS
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEOS_(8-bit_operating_system) in
| 1986.
| themodelplumber wrote:
| Late to the party here, what is this a new OS?
|
| > C64 OS has one goal. Make a Commodore 64 feel fast and useful
| in today's modern world.
|
| Lol. That this is even conceptually possible blows my mind.
|
| Is the "D & D Roller" on the context menu what I think it is?
| hvs wrote:
| It's a new OS designed from the ground up for the Commodore 64
| by Gregorio Nacu [1]. A video does it more justice [2]. There's
| an active Discord as well.
|
| [1] https://twitter.com/gregnacu
|
| [2] https://hackaday.com/2022/07/28/new-os-for-
| commodore-64-adds...
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