Author Archives: Mike Maginnis

About Mike Maginnis

Vintage computing junkie, Apple II fanatic, bad photographer and all-around nerd.

The case for the case

This essay is going to be a bit uneven and scattershot and doesn’t contain any “hard tech” stuff – just some stream-of-consciousness flotsam that I wanted to get down somewhere as it was floating through my mind.  Feel free to … Continue reading

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My approach to 6502 assembly language

I think my approach to trying to learn 6502 Assembly language programming has been all wrong so far. Pretty much every book or guide I’ve come across that was written back in the 80′s (all of ‘em?) starts off with … Continue reading

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Tuesday Trivia winner

As I had hoped, last week’s Tuesday Trivia was much easier than the previous two and generated more responses.  Of the 10 entries, 8 were correct: the Apple /// in the screenshot appeared almost every week in the 80′s TV … Continue reading

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Tuesday Trivia Contest

Here’s another Tuesday Trivia for both of you loyal readers.  I hope this one is a little easier than the last contest, which ended without a winner and only two entries.  The usual rules apply: the contest runs for one … Continue reading

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Thing a Week #3… and #4 and #5

Obviously, things have been quiet around 6502 Lane lately and for good reason.  Thing a Week #3 was delayed while I was at KansasFest, and then again while my wife and I moved into a new place across town.  But … Continue reading

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Thing a Week #2

The second Thing a Week comes a bit late, but better late than never I suppose.  Packing for the upcoming move, KansasFest prep and podcast editing have taken a big bite out of my time, and it’s things like this … Continue reading

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Thing a Week (My Own Personal Retrochallenge)

The title of this post is drawn from Jonathan Coulton’s project to write and publish a new song every week and post it on his web page.  Which, I mean – holy crap.  Talk about prodigious output…  I’ll never approach that level … Continue reading

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Peace of Mind

So I have decided to reclassify everything I post on this blog under the Creative Commons license, specifically CC BY-NC-ND.  Briefly, this license allows you to freely copy and redistribute my work with the following stipulations (per the Creative Commons definition): … Continue reading

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Tuesday Trivia: Not so dead after all

“What’s this!” you say.  “Another Tuesday Trivia contest?  Too soon, man!”  Yes, it’s here and nothing can stop it now.  No one won last time and I only had two people even make guesses, so I’m hopeful this round will … Continue reading

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Tuesday Trivia Contest Results

For this installment of the Tuesday Trivia Contest only two people responded, neither correct.  Based on the number of hits to the blog and the post announcing the contest (a grand total of 5 over the week), I’ll make the … Continue reading

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