6502 Alternatives

6502 reviews and mentions

• Atari Has Launched Collectible Arcade Circuit Boards of Retro Classics
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Jul 2023

  For a younger, student electrical engineer, they could easily gain the appreciation for the engineering that went into these things. Especially as a someone who wrote a lot software prior to completing my EE training, I wanted to learn on something that was fairly “pure” to learn major concept and patters on: a large MCU that only breaks out into a bunch of connectors is not it.

  I would love to be able to teach (or have had the opportunity to learn) system architecture from analysis of arcade cabinets, starting with a CPU, adding ram, rom, peripherals, etc. Ben Eater’s 6502 computer kit[0] comes very close and is closer to the ballpark of what I would want out of a learning experience.

  [0]: https://eater.net/6502

• What's needed to build an Apple 1 Breadboard
  1 project | /r/breadboard | 29 Jun 2023

  The biggest hurdle to build an Apple 1 replica is getting the parts for which no modern replacement exist, like the funky 1024 X 1 shift registers in the video display terminal circuit. These represent the bulk of the costs. As an alternative, you can get real close to the Apple 1 with Ben Eater's 6502 breadboard computer project. One of the most recent videos actually shows how WozMon (the original Apple 1 "operating system") runs on it.

• Help with picking a microcontroller
  1 project | /r/arduino | 28 Jun 2023

  Thanks for the reply. As far as 6502s go, this link will tell you everything you need to know to get up and running...https://eater.net/6502

• Is there a course that teaches you how to program hardware? If so what is your recommendation?
  1 project | /r/AskProgramming | 25 Jun 2023
• Best solder-it-yourself type retro computer kits?
  1 project | /r/vintagecomputing | 21 Jun 2023

  I know you asked about a soldering kit, but there is this breadboard 6402 kit that comes with all the chips. https://eater.net/6502 I highly recommend getting ther serial kit as well.

• RS232 with a 6551 UART
  1 project | /r/beneater | 8 Apr 2023

  Very nice! Can you add the updated schematic also on https://eater.net/6502?

• Thinking abojt building a computer and looking for resources.
  1 project | /r/homebrewcomputer | 3 Apr 2023

  I think the 6502 and Z80 processors would be good options. It seems like both have good supporting communities, and you can source the parts easily (and they're not crazy expensive). If you end up going with the 6502, Ben Eater's video series is helpful. I would expect there are similar video series out there for Z80.

• What exactly is assembly language?
  1 project | /r/learnprogramming | 28 Mar 2023

  Modern systems are complicated, you often can't communicate directly with the CPU, you need to deal with the underlying operating system, interacting with the kernel and making system calls. So if you plan to write a whole program, it's easier to do some embedded programming with an Arduino or a 6502 or something. I'd recommend watching Ben Eater's series of videos on this subject.

• egg_irl
  1 project | /r/egg_irl | 26 Mar 2023

  Have you been following Ben Eater's long-running build a 6502 computer series? It's pretty great!

• What pin out does bens 4 bit code use?
  1 project | /r/beneater | 13 Mar 2023

  Did you have the LCD working previously in 8-bit mode? Do you have the rest of the VIA (U5) wired up as shown in Ben's schematic at https://eater.net/6502?

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