On: Programming the C64 with Visual Studio Code

[richrichardsson]

I know my way around m68k assembler, so in "theory" 6502 should be easy, but damn it's actually quite tricky.

* way fewer registers to play with (understatement)

* You want to mul/div? lol...

* Logical Shift Left? Why do you want to do that?

that's all I've come up against after a couple of hours last night, I'm sure there are a load more "problems" I'll face.

[chillingeffect → richrichardsson]

True. Ppl nostalgize aboutbthe 6502 but it's a PITA. Still i believe the answer toyour question is use a Macro Assembler. To collect dozens of library routines like sort, copies, fills, yoyos, etc. And work at that slightly higher level. I wish did that at the beginning of my career :) but nowadays theyre easy to find.

[nubinetwork → richrichardsson]

You know 68k, but 6502 is hard? I always figured it would be the other way around... doesn't the 68k have various MMU/"protected mode"-like stuff? Edit: i could also be confusing it with PPC.

[richrichardsson → nubinetwork]

My 68k knowledge is from Amiga 500 days, no MMU to worry about there.

[tom_ → richrichardsson]

Logical shift left is covered by ASL.

[richrichardsson → tom_]

Ah, thanks, had missed that somehow!