Got a couple 6502s from a friend

What neat project should I do?

>>2597629 (OP)

>What neat project should I do?



Hop in your time machine and go back to 1976 and beat Woz to the punch. Other than that, have fun playing with obsolete garbage. And it can actually be fun, in the same way that embroidery can be a delightful pastime.

In Soviet russia, a 6502 is a supercomputer.

Also, in soviet russia, computers program devs.

>>2597629 (OP)

>Got a couple 6502s from a friend

Ah, a man of culture!

>What neat project should I do?

There is a project called LUnix (for "Little Unix") but it has been abandoned. Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to turn this assembly project into a fully debugged and complete OS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUnix



If you have some room left, add a GUI like GEOS, which like LUnix is also written in 6502 assembly.

man you're making me want to get some just to have a try at this mission

Just to whetten your appetite, this is running on a 6502:

https://atari8.co.uk/gui/

I want one. would take care of very well.

The best course of action imo is to flip it to people that know these processors well. Check your retro computing scene, maybe sell one of your chips and ask around. Collectors are usually pretty chill dudes that know a lot about their machines so you can have fun without the burden of maintaining a failing computer.

I flipped a dumpster C64G to a local enthusiast and he showed me a couple of cool machines he was working on.

Keep in mind you need a lot of support electronics to get these chips to work, it's nothing like a microcontroller.

>>2597629 (OP)

You could contact the regulars on forum.6502.org, though they will be equally happy to see you succeed in your neat project.



At the main site, http://6502.org/, you will find a huge library of inforamtion, including home bult projects and the software to go with it. The processor is nearly 50 years old, the regulars are even older, but the chip remains hugely popular.
