Lab 1 — Moving Character (Commodore 64)
This blog is dedicated to preserving my experience in programming retro "home" personal computers. I will use the form of lab notes. Source material: this book . This is a typical "type-in" game book aimed at children. I had quite many such books in my childhood and can confirm their usefulness in learning programming on home systems. They provide interesting examples and give room for improvement Lab 1 is simple: setup a working Commodore 64 programming environment and display a character that moves across the screen. It is almost completely described in this page: Book describes the inner working of such animation. It would have been dead simple to make it work back in the day, but today it takes some preparation and learning some things about these computers peculiarities. Read below for complete information.