{"id":14329,"date":"2017-09-28T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=14329"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:56:55","slug":"6502-badge-is-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/28\/6502-badge-is-go\/","title":{"rendered":"6502 badge is go!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yes readers, I built one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502_badge.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All of 2 KB RAM, but the form factor can\u2019t be beat. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be the hippest cat on the block when I pair it with my happening 2012 Hamvention lanyard \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Josh Bensadon for bringing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunrise-ev.com\/6502.htm\">6502 40th Anniversary Badge<\/a> back from <a href=\"http:\/\/vcfmw.org\/\">VCF Midwest<\/a>. Josh also got my Apple \/\/e going again by replacing RAM chips: I can&#8217;t thank him enough for that, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502-badge-2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502-badge-2017-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502-badge-2017-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502-badge-2017-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502-badge-2017-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502-badge-2017-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scruss.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/6502-badge-2017.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VCF-MW 2017 6502 badge, with almost everything socketed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I did make some minor mods to the build:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I socketed the main chips. The 6502 is in 2\u00d7 cut up 20-pin narrow sockets. Under the EPROM is the 2K\u00d78 SRAM, socketed too. This means that the EPROM is in <em>two<\/em> stacked sockets and sticks out far too far. But at least it\u2019ll allow me to upgrade the RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I used real pin-header jumpers and links for RAM and EPROM size selection instead of solder links. This meant a horrible kludge for the RAM selector under the SRAM chip involving angled and bent headers, a filed-down chip socket and a hand-knotted wire jumper (artisanal af!)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even though there&#8217;s no mention of it in the manual, I stuck the battery pack on the back<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One bad mod: the HL-340 RTS mod suggested in the manual is much harder than it looks. I trashed the supplied USB adapter, but I have others &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes readers, I built one: All of 2 KB RAM, but the form factor can\u2019t be beat. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be the hippest cat on the block when I pair it with my happening 2012 Hamvention lanyard \u2026 Thanks to Josh Bensadon for bringing a 6502 40th Anniversary Badge back from VCF Midwest. Josh also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"6502 badge is go!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[2375,1894,2012],"class_list":["post-14329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-suck","tag-2375","tag-badge","tag-vcf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQNZZ-3J7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14329"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17847,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14329\/revisions\/17847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}