Rhapsody Developer's Guide [PDF, 1997]
Feiler, Jesse.
Rhapsody Developer’s Guide.
Boston: AP Professional, 1997.
ISBN 0-12-251334-7
(528 pages, 13.3 MB PDF)
Why is my TI-99/4A in Black and White?
by James Abbatiello
Clockslide: How to waste an exact number of clock cycles on the 6502
by Sven Oliver ‘SvOlli’ Moll; the original German language version has been simultaneously posted on his blog.
Assembly Evolution Part 1: Accessing Memory and the strange case of the Intel 4004
by Julien Oster, reprinted with permission.
The story of 15 Second Copy for the C-64
by Mike Pall, published with permission.
The story of FCopy for the C-64
by Thomas Tempelmann, reprinted with permission.
Chaosradio Express #177: Commodore 64
(This article is about a German-language podcast episode on the C64.)
Inside Commodore DOS [PDF]
Racism in Monstropolis
Sometimes, freezeframe fun does not provide fun, but sadness.
Gate A20
Commodore 128 Programmer's Reference Guide (PDF)
SCUMM Script
Ron Gilbert posted this as a comment on The Mansion – Technical Aspects, I am re-posting it here as an article.
The Mansion – Technical Aspects
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It seems that a lot of readers of pagetable.com are fans of SCUMM games like Maniac Mansion (and at least one is their creator). Here is a puzzle for you (credits go to Bernhard Bauer):
Limitations in Maniac Mansion
In (any version of) Maniac Mansion, if one kid is in the hallway with Green Tentacle, any other kid (even Syd and Razor) will refuse to go up the stairs to that hallway: “I’m not going up there… that monster’s got my friend!”
What Operating System Has Crashed Here?
(Read comments for solution.)
The Double Inverted Inconsistency Principle
In a discussion, when pointing out inconsistencies in your opponent’s opinion by giving two examples that you disagree with, remember that it can be made into a point against you, just by inverting the two examples – plus/minus some rhetorical decoration.
Leave security to security code. Or: Stop fixing bugs to make your software secure!
If you read about operating system security, it seems to be all about how many holes are discovered and how quickly they are fixed. If you look inside an OS vendor, you see lots of code auditing taking place. This assumes all security holes can be found and fixed, and that they can be eliminated more quickly that new ones are added. Stop fixing bugs already, and take security seriously!
A 256 Byte Autostart Fast Loader for the Commodore 64
Update: The source is available at github.com/mist64/fastboot1541
How many Commodore 64 computers were really sold?
Nobody doubts that the C64 was the greatest selling single computer model of all time, it even made it into the Guinness Book of World Records, but nobody quite knows how many it really was: Most sources say 17 million, others say 22 or even 30 million. With a high degree of confidence, I can now say that Commodore only sold 12.5 million units – how I would know that, you ask, and how do I dare to contradict well-known facts? By analyzing serial numbers!