Category Archives: Allgemein
Fixing PS/2 Keyboard handling (Part I)
The way the PS/2 keyboard is handled has always been something we were never quite happy with. The key points being: The PS/2 controller had no way of signalling that there has been a new keystroke, the buffer had to … Continue reading
Connecting SNES Controller to the Steckschwein
Recently, Michael Steil published a blog post about connecting NES and SNES Controller to a 6502-based system showing how to use NES and SNES controllers on a C64 without the need for any special hardware, by just connecting them to … Continue reading
Steckschwein emulator
Back from the VCFB (Vintage Computer Festival Berlin) 2019 where we had good talks, met interesting people and got new ideas. Especially from Michael Steil who just asked the simple question “How you can develop software for the Steckschwein without … Continue reading
Markos Pacman Talk at VCFb
Marko talked about his Pacman port to the Steckschwein at VCFb. Basically it’s the same talk he did at VCFe in April, but this time, there’s a video. Enjoy! https://media.ccc.de/v/vcfb19_-_111_-_de_-_201910121615_-_pac-man_auf_dem_steckschwein_-_marko_lauke
Forth Benchmarks
The main motivation to get Forth up and running on the Steckschwein was to participate at The Ultimate Benchmark, in order to crush all 8bit competition to dust. So the plan was to benchmark the Steckschwein live at the VCFe. … Continue reading
VCFe 20.0 – over and out
VCFe 20.0 is over, all of a sudden, and we had lots of fun as always. Many thanks to everyone stopping by at our table, especially to those who voted for us at the poll. We got the fo(u)rth place. … Continue reading
Vintage Computer Festival Europe
Das VCFe steht wieder vor der Tür. Am kommenden Wochenende, also vom 27.4. bis 28.4., findet das Vintage Computer Festival Europe in München statt. Das diesjährige Motto ist “Pixelritter – Programmieren am Limit”. Und auch auf dem Steckschwein werden wir … Continue reading
Make Munich 2019 – It’s been our pleasure
Make Munich 2019 was awesome. Thanks to everyone who helped making this great event possible. Again, we are stunned by how much positive feedback we got from so many people. Thank you all!! Also, like in 2016, our booth was … Continue reading
Meet us at Make Munich, 2.3. – 3.3.2019
Check out our homebrew 65c02 8bit goodness including our brand new video/sound-hardware at the Make Munich fair. We’ll also have BASIC, Forth, a couple of games and candy. Our booth is in Hall 1, Booth Nr. 49, in the “Electronic … Continue reading
Fixing the white screen problem on a Tekway DST1062B oscilloscope
The Tekway DST 1062B (also known unter the Hantek or Voltcraft brand) is an inexpensive 60MHz digital storage oscilloscope, which is very much hackable and has proven to be worth its weight in gold pressed latinum. More recently, my scope … Continue reading
