# Software

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## [About the Software category](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/about-the-software-category/13)

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**Author:** [@jonathan](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/jonathan)\
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This is the place to talk about Planck 6502 Software, either because you are building a new OS for it, because you are having trouble using Forth, or if you want to find out which assembler or monitor is best, all of the…

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## [Hangman game that runs on Planck 6502](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/hangman-game-that-runs-on-planck-6502/42)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/hangman-game-that-runs-on-planck-6502/42 "2024-04-23T17:28:37Z")

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As part of my ongoing effort to learn Forth, I’ve created a Hangman game that runs on the Planck 6502 computer. If you’re interested, you can take a look at it here: GitHub - bjchapm/hangman: Hangman written by a novi…

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## [Ported Floobydust's Micromonitor to Planck](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/ported-floobydusts-micromonitor-to-planck/39)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/ported-floobydusts-micromonitor-to-planck/39 "2024-03-06T20:31:00Z")

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I’m continuing to experiment with alternative ROMs for the Planck, mostly as a way to learn more about the system. I’ve just created a project on GitLab that hosts a port of Floobydust’s micromonitor. I’ve edited it to …

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## [HOWTO: use \`ihex\` and \`go\` on the Planck with assembly snippet](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/howto-use-ihex-and-go-on-the-planck-with-assembly-snippet/37)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
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**Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/howto-use-ihex-and-go-on-the-planck-with-assembly-snippet/37 "2024-02-17T16:47:38Z")

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Here are the steps that I went through to use the new ihex and go words that Jonathan has provided for the Planck. My host computer is a Mac, so my notes are oriented to that environment. Change into your projects dire…

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## [WORKING: Wozmon, via Ben Eater, for the Planck](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/working-wozmon-via-ben-eater-for-the-planck/36)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/working-wozmon-via-ben-eater-for-the-planck/36 "2024-02-15T03:03:03Z")

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I’ve done this sort of backwards. I’m now looking at Ben Eater’s fantastic 6502 videos, after having built my own Planck SBC. In one of them, Ben discusses how to port Wozmon, the legendary Apple-I machine monitor writte…

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## [Bug: Loading block to buffer from CF leaves buffer number on stack](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/bug-loading-block-to-buffer-from-cf-leaves-buffer-number-on-stack/34)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/bug-loading-block-to-buffer-from-cf-leaves-buffer-number-on-stack/34 "2024-01-13T22:40:23Z")

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Hello and happy Friday! It seems that when you load a buffer with a block from the CF card, the buffer number is left on the stack. I can’t figure out where this is happening and so I cannot submit a proposed fix. Sorry…

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## [Help: Problems pasting text from main PC to Planck](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/help-problems-pasting-text-from-main-pc-to-planck/31)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/help-problems-pasting-text-from-main-pc-to-planck/31 "2023-12-11T10:10:31Z")

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I use minicom on my MacBook Air as my terminal program to connect to the Planck machine (115200 8N1). I have it set to no hardware or software flow control. I have tried various values of character delay and linefeed del…

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## [LED demo using IO Board and mainboard LEDs](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/led-demo-using-io-board-and-mainboard-leds/30)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/led-demo-using-io-board-and-mainboard-leds/30 "2023-12-02T16:45:59Z")

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I finished up the 1.5 mainboard and the IO card. Everything seems to be working fine, except for the timer initialization, which I’m still sorting out. Meanwhile, here are some words that I wrote to exercise the LEDs. W…

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## [Freeing up RAM without burning new ROM](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/freeing-up-ram-without-burning-new-rom/23)

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**Author:** [@benchapman](https://forum.planck6502.com/u/benchapman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.planck6502.com/t/freeing-up-ram-without-burning-new-rom/23 "2023-11-07T16:52:08Z")

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Hello – I’m new to just about every aspect of this area of computing: assembly, Forth, 65c02, etc. :slight\_smile: I’m trying to learn more about the Planck environment and how to customize it. Please advise if this is t…
