• ch00f@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’ve been working on disassembling some 8-bit code from the 90s. Fuckers returned bits from functions using the overflow bit. Nuts.

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      19 hours ago

      What era was that device? Some old games on NES had to use all kinds of quirks like this to overcome hardware limitation.

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        52 minutes ago

        It’s in an AlphaSmart. I’m working through disassembling the ROM to add some new features.

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      23 hours ago

      Where do you go to talk about such things? Could be fun to have a retro reversing community.