fahrplan/sa113021.txt

   1 Sa. 11:30
   2 Raum 2.1
   3
   4 Retro Coding
   5 On The Atari
   6 2600 VCS
   7
   8 Code your very
   9 own demo!
  10
  11 Speaker:
  12 SvOlli
  13 --------------
  14
  15 Going retro:
  16 learn to code
  17 a simple demo
  18 for the very
  19 first micro-
  20 processor
  21 based game
  22 console, the
  23 Atari 2600
  24 VCS. Just
  25 bring in a
  26 notebook, and
  27 everything
  28 else will be
  29 provided:
  30 toolchain
  31 using a 6502
  32 assembler,
  33 emulator and a
  34 small skeleton
  35 of source code
  36 to provide the
  37 correct timing
  38 for keeping
  39 the TV in
  40 sync.
  41
  42 The Atari 2600
  43 VCS was build
  44 in 1977, and
  45 offers 128
  46 bytes of RAM
  47 and an
  48 addressable
  49 space of 4K of
  50 ROM for the
  51 developer. In
  52 this workshop,
  53 we want to
  54 write a small
  55 one-screen
  56 demo.
  57
  58 The course
  59 starts with a
  60 small intro-
  61 duction to the
  62 6502/6507 pro-
  63 cessor, ex-
  64 plaining a
  65 subset of
  66 assembler in-
  67 structions
  68 that will be
  69 most probably
  70 needed for the
  71 demo. After
  72 that, the
  73 build environ-
  74 ment and the
  75 emulator will
  76 be explained,
  77 followed by a
  78 description of
  79 the hardware
  80 of the 2600
  81  VCS.
  82
  83 And finally,
  84 as all the ba-
  85 sics are set,
  86 everyone is
  87 invited to
  88 code a simple
  89 demo. There
  90 will be even
  91 the opportuni-
  92 ty to test
  93 your demo on
  94 real hardware,
  95 capable of
  96 running code
  97 from SD cards.
  98
  99 What experien-
 100 ce should you
 101 have to at-
 102 tend?
 103
 104 - You already
 105   coded 6502
 106   assembler?
 107   This work-
 108   shop's for
 109   you!
 110 - You already
 111   coded any
 112   assembler?
 113   You should
 114   get along
 115   fine.
 116 - You already
 117   coded some-
 118   thing in
 119   languages
 120   like C, Java
 121   and are wil-
 122   ling to ac-
 123   cept that
 124   you've got
 125   only three
 126   registers?
 127   It won't be
 128   easy, but
 129   you should
 130   be able to
 131   get along.
 132 - You never
 133   coded any-
 134   thing? Sor-
 135   ry, but you
 136   should pro-
 137   bably start
 138   to learn
 139   coding some-
 140   where else.