Moving Providers
wbochar.com has moved! Finally, I moved the site over to a new server. There was so much hassle with the old provider. It took a few hours — to get everything backed up and moved …
Trogue64 Programming Notes: Part 1 GFX
Before we begin… There were a lot of things that I learned in the process of making this game. I can’t imagine making something like this back in the day. I’ve always had a lot …
Acer X34P: Learning about DP / 120 Overdrive and Black Flicker
I bought one; Acer’s X34P. There are people that love them and others that have RMA’d them multiple times. There are a few caveats; not only did this work (not right away either) but it’s …
TROGUE64 – RGCD C64 16kb Cartridge Game Dev Compo 2019
I have been meaning to get involved with one of these compo’s for a while now — so here we go! This is a rogue-like based game, where the player starts at the bottom of …
C64 16kb Cartridge Game Dev Compo 2019
https://itch.io/jam/c64-16kb-cartridge-game-dev-compo-2019 Well, it’s back and this year I am going to enter something! I need to get cracking…
New Year 2019: It has been crazy
This previous year has been extremely busy — the birth of my son, William — has kept my days filled with fun and zero sleep. I guess like most parents, I have this fantasy that …
Cat Weasel v4 Running in an XP VM
I’ve managed connect my PCI Catweasel card to pass-though on my ESXi server. I took a bit of work and it’s not perfect (ie no Joysticks or Mice work) but the disk subsystem works great. …
AL-1000: Saved from Oblivion.
The Commodore AL-1000, which is akin to a mini-PET (heavy and boxy). It uses tubes to display the numbers. There was some roughhousing with this venerable calculator and it needed some TLC to get going. …
On a Date with Ms. Pacman
I’ve been asked for about a year now to head out to my brothers’ studio, where an unhappy tabletop Ms. Pacman has been sitting busted. Three of the ROM’s on the board were loose, one …
C64: First 8K Generic Cart
As of today, I made my first C64 cartridge. Most of my programming experience is either through floppy or tape-based storage. Making a ROM/BIN file and getting it to work was tougher than I thought. …