{"id":16312,"date":"2017-04-24T09:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=16312"},"modified":"2017-04-24T09:27:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T13:27:27","slug":"interfacing-with-commodore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/04\/24\/interfacing-with-commodore\/","title":{"rendered":"Interfacing With Commodore"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Doug Crawford & Chris Fala demonstrated Commodore 8-bit machines performing similar tasks to Arduinos (or any other microcontrollers).\u00a0 I always like the VCF East exhibits that mix the retro with the modern to provide perspective and a point of reference for the younger generation.<\/p>\n

Starting with a PET 4016, working its way through the VIC-20 and C64, all though the C-128.\u00a0 Oh, and with an SX-64, C16, C64C, C128D, and Plus\/4 thrown in for good measure.\u00a0 Each machine was interacting with hardware just like an Arduino counterpart \u2013 both machines did the same thing.<\/p>\n

For the most part, the demonstration machines were simply running banks of LEDs in unique configurations.\u00a0 However, the C128D was hooked into a 40 column composite display, an 80 column RGBi display, and a tiny 20 column vacuum florescent display, all operating at the same time.<\/p>\n

Everything was running BASIC, operating on simple peeks and pokes to interact directly with the user ports for I\/O.\u00a0 BASIC does a fantastic job of providing a non-intimidating coding environment for first time programmers.<\/p>\n

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