Well there is no good reason. I guess I was curious to see if something that I use every day, like Slack, could be interacted with through the C64.
Figuring out a wire format for a list of channels, then parsing that out into channel names + ids and rendering a scrolling list of channels in 6502 assembly is challenging. Its frustrating. It was fun!
More generally, creating something 'just because' is so rewarding.
Learning, practicing and honing my chosen craft doing something creative is enjoyable. There is always something new to learn and half a dozen projects in my head I want to work on if only I could find the time. Why do some people spend hours painting, carving, or making model ships? Same reason I made this :)
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Well there is no good reason. I guess I was curious to see if something that I use every day, like Slack, could be interacted with through the C64. Figuring out a wire format for a list of channels, then parsing that out into channel names + ids and rendering a scrolling list of channels in 6502 assembly is challenging. Its frustrating. It was fun!
More generally, creating something 'just because' is so rewarding.
Learning, practicing and honing my chosen craft doing something creative is enjoyable. There is always something new to learn and half a dozen projects in my head I want to work on if only I could find the time. Why do some people spend hours painting, carving, or making model ships? Same reason I made this :)
Hope that helps!