Subj : Re: Finally getting started
To   : Daniel
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Wed Sep 11 2019 06:15 pm

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:51:01 +1300, Daniel wrote:
>
>   Re: Re: Finally getting started
>   By: Andreas Kohlbach to Daniel on Mon Sep 09 2019 04:16 pm
>
>  > I mentioned "the bible" of 6502 (even if the C64 has a 6510) assembly
>  > language by Rodnay Zaks. The cheapest used book on Amazon is less than $7
> CAD.
>
> I'm reading that book as we speak. Great suggestion

It's nice to hear.

>  > Since they are only emulators you could just had installed the VICE
>
> I tried vice for a full 5 hours, and can't get it to launch on my system. I 
can
>  save what i do on th emini on a flash drive. either way, i'm learning on
> something and it was a quick and easy
> solution. and on top of that it has tons of games too. not bad for $25.

Ooooooh, I forgot to mention. On some systems (Linux, MAC?) the kernal-,
basic- and charset- (character set) roms are not distributed which VICE
needs to launch. As I remember the Windows version of VICE has them
included though for reasons I cannot understand.

To find out if that is your problem, open a terminal and just type x64 to
see if it complaints about not having them available.

I'd be surprised if you use Windows and not get it running. Check (Linux
paths, might be similar in windows or MAC OS) check if you have any files
in ../vice/data/C64/. If not, try to find basic, chargen and kernal or
send me an email for help.
--
Andreas

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