THE HACKER'S VIEW OF THE COMMODORE 64

Dec 31, 2024

ICU64 for Frodo Redpill v0.1.9 - Released

Download the new version here.

New features of Frodo Redpill:
- bug fixes and improved functionality
- reduced display latency (1 frame sooner)
- drag'n'drop .reu image files (REU must be enabled)
- .hack files can poke and boost everywhere (RAM,ROM,MMIO)
- new behavior: the drop of a .hack file does not clear the boost map
- [Alt+0] : Clear the CPU boost map

New features of ICU64:
- bug fixes and improved functionality
- Memory view:
  - drag'n'drop .reu image files and .hack files
  - [Alt+0]  : Clear the CPU boost map
  - [Ctrl+0] : Clear boost (same speed) on the current cell
  - [Ctrl++] : Enable boost (speed-up) on the current cell
  - [Ctrl+-]  : Disable boost (speed-down) on the current cell
  - [Ctrl+B] : Show breakpoints and boost map
- Code Painter:
  - the Disassembly accepts multiple addresses at once
  - left panel [Ctrl+F]&[F3] : Find & Find Next
  - right panel [double-click] : Find related nodes on the left panel

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Update 2025.12.31: Download version v0.1.9b
(this is a quick snapshot of a work in progress)

What's new (in the memory view of ICU64):
+ accurate RWXFTV access counters (visible in deep zoom)
+ [8] cpu boost map (with 2 states to avoid the complexities of the previous 3-state)
+ [9] hits map (a heat/temperature map, to locate the hottest activity in memory)
    + [C] delete the hottest cells (alters the map to show the next hottest cells)
+ [0] cpu state map, distinguishes:
            code                BLUE
            data                RED
            pointers to code    CYAN
            pointers to data    GREEN
+ the .hack file format now supports block comments /*...*/ and address ranges:
    -0..2ffff          # disable boost everywhere (RAM,ROM,MMIO)
    :400..7e7 20       # clear screen
    :400..7e7 4d 4e 20 4e 4d    # fill the screen with a pattern

Removed temporally:
- [Ctrl+B] breakpoint manager (-under reconstruction-)

Enjoy!

Jul 28, 2024

The wave-particle duality is common logic (proof)

As a physicist, I'm also interested in physics topics. And I recently had a small chat where I convinced the Perplexity AI that the wave-particle duality is not weird but a simple consequence of the classic logic.
Of course, current AIs still don't have great logic and thus it's too easy to convince them for anything (frankly speaking, they are stupid and emotional yet), but it seem that it got this idea with an ease and supported it with enthusiasm. I hope you enjoy the conservation and find the core idea useful too as an insight of common logic in the 'weird' quantum world.

You can find the chat at the Perplexity AI (or here as pdf)
I also posted the same idea at Quora.