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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Learning 68K Assembler: how do I do it? |
| Eleas |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 3:23 pm
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| One sets up a "channel" which is a pseudo register corresponding to a peripheral device. Then one tells a byte stream to go from a memory location to the channel or from the channel to the memory location. Every machine has somewhat different details on how to set that up. Also for interrupt condit... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Learning 68K Assembler: how do I do it? |
| Eleas |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 1:49 pm
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| What is it that assemblers do. They get down to the basic operations that a computer actually does: operate on a register and a location to produce a value to put in a register. Compare a register with a location and take a branch to a location depending on the comparison. And do unconditional bran... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Learning 68K Assembler: how do I do it? |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 1:46 pm
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| Not sure what to suggest. One thing would be to learn a more modern architecture, where there are more educational resources and it's easier to write programs. From what I've been told, low-level IBM x86 architecture is less ordered and more of a hassle than the Amiga. Even accounting for fanboy bi... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Learning 68K Assembler: how do I do it? |
| Eleas |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 11:50 am
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| When I took my first faltering steps toward programming, it was on the Amiga. I always wanted to be good at it, and I picked what I thought was the best tool for understanding how the computer actually worked. Unfortunately, I took the recommendation of my computer mag of choice and chose AMOS. In o... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Vintage technology |
| Eleas |
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Posted: 16 Dec 2012, 11:48 am
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| I remember when slide projectors were the norm. In fact, were you aware that the big Press Your Luck game board consisted of 4 slide projectors in each of its 18 squares? For me, slides were ubiquitous til the end of grade school, then consigned to the dustbin of history. They enjoyed a brief renai... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Vintage technology |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 8:10 am
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| I still have my Amiga 1200, maxed out on RAM, 16mb or something?, Blizzard card, extra CD drive, external hard drive, modem. I had been toying with the idea of getting a PC until I saw how slow a friends 133 PC was on the internet and so stuck with my Amiga for a good few years more. First PC I got... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: How NASA might build its very first warp drive |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 5:02 am
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| NASA divides by zero, folds space. Spacing guild navigators wanted! :lol: Seriously - I can't see how it's even possible... can ANYTHING go faster than the speed of light? There was that recent particle accelerator that came awfully close and some people SAID it did but there was serious debate as ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Vintage technology |
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Posted: 15 Dec 2012, 4:53 am
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| i remember way back in 1985/86 when the first amiga came out, i had a barracksmate [in the army then] who excitedly unboxed his unit, put it together and had a geeky good time with it, i remember being amazed that it had actual photographs on it's display, and digitized sounds/music. but the claim ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Vintage technology |
| Eleas |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2012, 10:42 am
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| My love affair with Commodore machines (the Amiga in particular) is one I can't keep quiet about. Then again, you tend to get passionate about a machine that inspired its users to always do what hadn't been done before. The Amiga is, I find, not given the credit it deserves. By and large, history se... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What do you think about tracking kids by GPS? |
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Posted: 11 Dec 2012, 7:21 am
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ruveyn wrote: 666. It is bible code for Nero.
Only in certain versions. In others, it's 616. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: What do you think about tracking kids by GPS? |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2012, 4:12 pm
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| The technology itself isn't evil, no matter what random phrases have emerged from imperfectly transcribed and translated oral scripture (I forget, was it 666 or 616? Both? Neither?). If someone is made to wear a tracking device against one's will, then that is something different; it's the coercion ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: [Salome's computer] IT LIVES! [with pics] |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2012, 5:18 pm
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BlueMax wrote: LINUX???? Why.... just.... why? 
Because it's a tinkerer's dream, for one. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Who are your most despised movie villains? |
| Eleas |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2012, 1:59 pm
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| I don't know. While Darth Vader et al are impressive and iconic villains, I don't think they're meant to be despised by the audience. Some of them are even more admirable in their own way than the hero (for an example, look at Hellboy 2's villain, Prince Nuada Argetlam: sure, he looks a bit ravaged,... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: [Salome's computer] IT LIVES! [with pics] |
| Eleas |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2012, 10:06 am
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| I don't know how I missed it in the picture but there is a card in there... probably a Geforce 620 or something low-end. If you have the box or model number (It'll be GT or GTX xxx) I can tell you how awesome it is. ;) Glad you're happy though! Wish I could've helped you out but I'm half a planet a... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: [Salome's computer] IT LIVES! [with pics] |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2012, 2:45 pm
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| I forgot which video card it was. Not an overly fancy one, but decent for video playback and HD. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: [Salome's computer] IT LIVES! [with pics] |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2012, 1:06 pm
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| Well, at least it wasn't a total loss! Good recovery! BTW, there are power supply testers. If you build computers, you need one of them. Always test a power supply with a cheap tester before you plug anything expensive into it, since if it's bad you could fry the expensive stuff. Heh, yeah. We didn... |
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