| ▲ | johnklos 18 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
It feels almost more useful than BASIC on the Atari 2600, at least. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | brucehoult 15 hours ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The MOS 6532 RAM-I/O-Timer chip used by the 2600 (and KIM-1 and others) has 128 bytes of RAM. Game cartridges could add 256 bytes more, along with the program ROM. For an experience today closer to these machines, you can get a $0.10 CH32V003 microcontroller with 2k RAM and 16k flash. Here's a 1 Euro retro-computer kit using one that has included in that price support for PS/2 keyboard and VGA video output, all included in the 1 Euro -- even the connectors! All from one 8 pin microcontroller chip: https://www.olimex.com/Products/Retro-Computers/RVPC/open-so... | |||||||||||||||||
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