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Fully Commented Commodore 64 BASIC ROM Disassembly – based on Microsoft's Source

2015-01-20 by Michael Steil

On my quest of collecting as many commentaries on the Commodore 64 ROM at pagetable.com/c64rom, we have gathered Lee Davison’s excellent commentary, the German de facto standard by Data Becker, and an adaptation of Bob Sander-Cederlof’s Apple II ROM commentary, all in the same cross-referenced HTML format. read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, BASIC, C64, Commodore 1 Comment

Microsoft BASIC for 6502 Original Source Code [1978]

2015-01-13 by Michael Steil

This is the original 1978 source code of Microsoft BASIC for 6502 with all original comments, documentation and easter eggs: read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, BASIC, PET 32 Comments

Using the OS X 10.10 Hypervisor Framework: A Simple DOS Emulator

2015-01-04 by Michael Steil

Since Version 10.10 (Yosemite), OS X contains Hypervisor.framework, which provides a thin user mode abstraction of the Intel VT features. It enables apps to use virtualization without the need of a kernel extension (KEXT) – which makes them compatible with the OS X App Store guidelines. read more

Categories DOS, Virtualization, x86 6 Comments

Fully Commented Commodore 64 BASIC ROM Disassembly – based on Applesoft!

2014-12-29 by Michael Steil

In our series about C64 ROM commentaries (English version by Lee Davison, German version by Data Becker), I’m now presenting a most unusual C64 ROM commentary – based on a commented disassembly of the Apple II ROM. read more

Categories 6502, Apple, Archeology, BASIC, C64, Commodore 3 Comments

Fully Commented Commodore 64 ROM Disassembly (English)

2014-12-20 by Michael Steil

After last week’s German C64 ROM disassembly from the “64 intern” book, I have now also converted Lee Davison’s commented disassembly into the same format. read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, BASIC, C64, Commodore, KERNAL Leave a comment

Fully Commented Commodore 64 ROM Disassembly (German)

2014-12-15 by Michael Steil

Whenever I need to look up some code in the ROM of the Commodore 64, I have the choice of the commented disassembly by Marko Mäkelä, the one by Ninja/The Dreams, or the one by Lee Davison – or I can just use my paper copy of “Das neue Commodore-64-intern-Buch“, an excellent line-by-line commentary in German. read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, BASIC, C64, Commodore, KERNAL 4 Comments

Wikileaks Movie "The Fifth Estate" pirated my "Xbox Hacking" Slides

2014-12-08 by Michael Steil

Xbox hacking has made it to the silver screen, and Felix Domke and me (Michael Steil) are movie stars! …and so are at least 14 of my presentation slides! read more

Categories Hacks, Presentation, Security, Xbox 10 Comments

Rhapsody Developer's Guide [PDF, 1997]

2014-12-01 by Michael Steil


Feiler, Jesse.
Rhapsody Developer’s Guide.
Boston: AP Professional, 1997.
ISBN 0-12-251334-7

(528 pages, 13.3 MB PDF) read more

Categories Apple, Archeology, Literature, Operating Systems Leave a comment

Why is my TI-99/4A in Black and White?

2013-03-28 by James Abbatiello
TI-99/4a title screen

by James Abbatiello read more

Categories Archeology 30 Comments

Clockslide: How to waste an exact number of clock cycles on the 6502

2012-02-06 by Michael Steil

by Sven Oliver ‘SvOlli’ Moll; the original German language version has been simultaneously posted on his blog. read more

Categories 6502, Tricks 11 Comments

Assembly Evolution Part 1: Accessing Memory and the strange case of the Intel 4004

2011-10-13 by Michael Steil

by Julien Oster, reprinted with permission. read more

Categories Archeology, x86 15 Comments

The story of 15 Second Copy for the C-64

2011-07-18 by Michael Steil

by Mike Pall, published with permission. read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, C64, Commodore, Floppy Disks, Trivia 28 Comments

The story of FCopy for the C-64

2011-07-15 by Michael Steil

by Thomas Tempelmann, reprinted with permission. read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, Floppy Disks, Trivia 35 Comments

Chaosradio Express #177: Commodore 64

2011-07-05 by Michael Steil

(This article is about a German-language podcast episode on the C64.) read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, C64, Commodore, Hacks, Tricks, Trivia 6 Comments

Inside Commodore DOS [PDF]

2011-06-28 by Michael Steil


Richard Immers and Gerald G. Neufeld:
Inside Commodore DOS : the complete guide to the 1541 disk operating system.
Northridge, Calif. : Datamost, 1985.
ISBN 0-8359-3091-2

(512 pages, 7.4 MB PDF) read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, Commodore, Floppy Disks, Literature 12 Comments

Racism in Monstropolis

2011-06-21 by Michael Steil

Sometimes, freezeframe fun does not provide fun, but sadness. read more

Categories Trivia, Whines 22 Comments

Gate A20

2011-06-14 by Michael Steil

Categories Archeology, x86 10 Comments

Commodore 128 Programmer's Reference Guide (PDF)

2011-06-07 by Michael Steil


Commodore Business Machines.
Commodore 128 Programmer’s Reference Guide.
New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1986.
ISBN 0-553-34378-5

(756 pages, 24.6 MB PDF) read more

Categories 6502, Archeology, C128, Commodore, Literature 7 Comments

SCUMM Script

2011-05-30 by Michael Steil

Ron Gilbert posted this as a comment on The Mansion – Technical Aspects, I am re-posting it here as an article. read more

Categories Archeology, SCUMM, Trivia 8 Comments

The Mansion – Technical Aspects

2011-05-23 by Michael Steil

by enthusi read more

Categories Archeology, SCUMM, Trivia 13 Comments
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