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Replacing an RF Modulator on a Commodore 64C
C64

Replacing an RF Modulator on a Commodore 64C

The output on my newest Commodore 64 (1989) is pretty marginal. The colors are okay(ish) but the text lines are clearly bleeding and the picture is very muddy. Most

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 26 Feb 2021 • 3 min read
Cracking codes with Python, er Commodore- Part 1: The Reverse Cipher
C64

Cracking codes with Python, er Commodore- Part 1: The Reverse Cipher

Sometime during my weeklong exploration of SHA-256 on a Commodore, I ordered "Cracking Codes with Python" by Al Sweigart (No Starch Press). It was a little anticlimactic because I had

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 24 Feb 2021 • 4 min read
Simple, 'unbreakable' encryption with a pencil
C64

Simple, 'unbreakable' encryption with a pencil

Last week, at this bat-time on this bat-channel, I talked about checking off one of my 35 year old bucket list items by learning Commodore assembly language. (shut up, you're

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 10 Feb 2021 • 8 min read
Getting started with Native Commodore 64 Assembly
C64

Getting started with Native Commodore 64 Assembly

Some time in the month of September 2020 I dug out the old Commodore 64 that my Dad bought for himself in 1983. It quickly migrated its way into my

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 26 Jan 2021 • 7 min read
Friday fun: Games I'm playing in Jan 2021
C64

Friday fun: Games I'm playing in Jan 2021

I'm blown away by some modern games still being developed for the Commodore line of computers. Both games I'm playing in January are sold by Protovision, who has probably the

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 22 Jan 2021 • 2 min read
Switching to 64 bit Raspbian Linux is a snap
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Switching to 64 bit Raspbian Linux is a snap

Have you been itching to do 64 Bit ARM assembly program like I have on your Raspberry Pi? I'll bet you have. I mean, the thing has to be useful

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 21 Jan 2021 • 1 min read
Did you do that on real hardware?
C64

Did you do that on real hardware?

People are funny on the internet. We always seem to divide into tribes even when it's not necessary or advantageous to do so. I wasn't surprised to see someone (there's

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 31 Dec 2020 • 3 min read
Merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 24 Dec 2020 • 1 min read
My #DOScember pick for the best DOS Software
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My #DOScember pick for the best DOS Software

For #doscember my favorite DOS software is STSPlus by the late Dave Ransom. This was a fixture on my computer screen for many years. Still works ;)

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 22 Dec 2020 • 1 min read
Why does there have to be a why?
C64

Why does there have to be a why?

It was just a few months ago that I started to get back into 8-Bit computing. It started with Ben Eater’s Breadboard 6502 build. Something about his complete exploration

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 25 Nov 2020 • 2 min read

Imapenguin, reborn

I don't remember when I first bought Imapenguin.com. I'm guessing in 1998 or 1999ish. Over the years it was my consulting company and about a decade ago I moved over to doing other things (like Evadot, which is now a "what am I

  • Michael Doornbos
    Michael Doornbos
Michael Doornbos 25 Nov 2020 • 1 min read
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