Reposted by issLectronz: The new maker marketplace. @lectronz.com · 31/08/2026Now in stock on Lectronz: LOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulator lectronz.com/products/loci-oric-bus… #Retrocomputinglectronz.comLOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulatorLOCI is an Oric BUS Expansion port peripheral for Oric-1/Atmos/Pravetz-8D computers. 022
Reposted by issSodiumlightbaby @sodiumlightbaby.bsky.social · 27/08/2026LOCI has entered the basement! youtu.be/V22Ob8h3xlE together with the special 8D-Fixer by @oric-iss.bsky.social #oric #pravetz8dyoutu.beTurbo Mail Call #6: One mystery solved but new mysteries yet to be solved w/ tools, games and more.YouTube video by Adrian's Digital Basement ][ 021
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 27/07/2026That was long and painful, but the OSDK 2.0 is finally out, with a massive list of changes!😱 osdk.org/index.php?pa...osdk.orgOSDK 2The long-awaited "better OSDK" is now available, and it comes with so many changes that instead of polluting the change history, I decided to dedicate an article for it. Please fasten your seatbelt... 053
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 26/07/2026Trying to get OSDK 2.0 out... managed to get a bit more out of our old C compiler! 😅 032
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 21/07/2026So, we have a test forum at forum.defence-force.com . The important part is the ".COM", the .org forum is still completely dead, I'm experimenting with cloud-flare on the less used domain name. (It's based on a backup from yesterday night) 132
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Updated #MOS6502 compiler benchmark with @DefenceForceOrg's new improvements of #OSDK !😉 raxiss.com/article/id/3...raxiss.comMOS6502 compiler benchmarkMOS6502 compiler benchmark 021
Reposted by issLectronz: The new maker marketplace. @lectronz.com · 02/07/2026Now in stock on Lectronz: LOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulator lectronz.com/products/loci-oric-bus… #Retrocomputinglectronz.comLOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulatorLOCI is an Oric BUS Expansion port peripheral for Oric-1/Atmos/Pravetz-8D computers. 022
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 02/07/2026#LOCI for #Oric back in stock! lectronz.com/products/loc...lectronz.comLOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulatorLOCI is an Oric BUS Expansion port peripheral for Oric-1/Atmos/Pravetz-8D computers. 020
Reposted by issKIM-1 @kim-6502.bsky.social · 13/05/2026The 6502 had a bug in its indirect jump instruction - JMP ($xxFF) read the high byte from $xx00 instead of $(xx+1)00. It wasn't fixed until the 65C02. Every 6502 programmer learned to avoid page boundaries the hard way. 0111
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 10/05/2026Thanks to Waskol for finally finding a PDF version of Advanced Programming for the Oric from Gerard Mason, published in 1984 by McGraw-Hill. The book dives in trigonometry, music theory, BASIC storage internals, etc... and has a full text adventure game listing. ⤵️ 161
Reposted by iss6502nerd @6502nerd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026I'll be at retrofest 2026 in Swindon with a bunch of people passionate about digital preservation of early micros. My Oric computers will be there as well as my Heath-Robinson homebrew computer, an homage to the pioneers🤘🏽 Book your tickets now as last year was sold out! youtu.be/oKRC85vtLmkyoutu.beRetroFest 2026 Swindon 30-31 May - Old *and* homebrew computers!YouTube video by 6502Nerd 3254
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 03/05/2026Now that Encounter is updated, time to go back to this Cyberpunk inspired demo. Trying to do something interesting with a mix of AIC and non AIC graphics in the same image... because why not! 192
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 02/05/2026Encounter version 1.4.0 is now available on Itch: Optimizations, more items visible in the scene, new interactions and alternative ways of solving one of the puzzle that was blocking a few people. defenceforce.itch.io/encounter/de...defenceforce.itch.ioVersion 1.4.0: Fast and smoothFrançais à la suite, Norsk til slutt English When Encounter was released in December 2024, the priority was to make sure the game was playable and did not have any critical defects. Most reports hav..... 132
Reposted by iss6502nerd @6502nerd.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Retrofest 2026 in Swindon is not long now - hope to see you there so you can gaze and point at my mess of wires!!😅😎 youtu.be/oKRC85vtLmk #restofest2026 #retrocomputing #homebrewcomputeryoutu.beRestoFest 2026 Swindow 30-31 MayYouTube video by 6502Nerd 0124
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 23/04/2026My #debug8 for #emul8 i.e. remote debugger for #MOS6502 emulator (particularly for #Oric/#Правец_8Д) got new goodies. 😎 Do you think it would be useful to have link between current instruction and the memory view i.e. LDA ($AA),Y...etc. to show data at the real effective address? 🤔 031
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 20/04/2026OSDK 1.23 is now available at osdk.org/index.php?pa... There's been quite a few changes, so more testing by other users than me are probably required. The focus was mostly fixing annoying stuff that have been there for years, and adding support for more complex projects.⤵️ 142
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 17/04/2026#emul8 + #debug8 - my emulator and remote debugger tandem for #Oric works! 😎 021
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 12/04/2026The version 1.3.1 of Encounter is now available on Itch. defenceforce.itch.io/encounter/de...defenceforce.itch.ioVersion 1.3.1: So many fixes!Français à la suite, Norsk til slutt English I was quite happy with version 1.3.0, it had quite a few significant changes and felt overall like a much sleeker experience. Then recently the game was... 171
Reposted by issSodiumlightbaby @sodiumlightbaby.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Thanks for showing off PIVIC folks :D 041
Reposted by issLectronz: The new maker marketplace. @lectronz.com · 20/03/2026Now in stock on Lectronz: LOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulator lectronz.com/products/loci-oric-bus… #Retrocomputinglectronz.comLOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulatorLOCI is an Oric BUS Expansion port peripheral for Oric-1/Atmos/Pravetz-8D computers. 032
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 19/03/2026It's this time of the year again, the game will be at 33% off on both Itch and Steam until the 26th. There's been quite a few improvements since it launched in December 2024! Thanks to anyone who gave feedback that helped make the game better 🤗 043
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 16/03/2026Version 1.3.0 of Encounter is out on itch.io. I'll get it on Steam in a couple days, but I'd like to make sure everything is working as expecting because that's a new launcher, new language🇳🇴, new loader, room for new bugs and crashes!⤵️ defenceforce.itch.io/encounter/de...defenceforce.itch.ioVersion 1.3.0: The Big OneFrançais à la suite, Norsk til slutt English So, version 1.3.0 is out, and it’s kind of a big one. Actually, scratch that — it’s the biggest update since the game launched back in December... 111
Reposted by iss0xC0DE @0xc0de.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Creepy Crawlies WIP (Acorn Electron). Look at the poor little guy completely lost in this infested maze. If only there was a way to defend himself against the onslaught of creepy crawlies 🤔 (Also, I am trying self-imposed chunky pixel art 🫣 ) 3279
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 28/02/2026Version 1.22 of the Oric SDK (OSDK) is now available for download. osdk.org/index.php?pa... 053
Reposted by iss6502nerd @6502nerd.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Can my homebrew computer on breadboard control a real-world device? Yes it can!😎 This is 1980s style computing with some basic transistor interfacing to allow a pin on the homebrew's AY-3-8910 chip to control a fan!🤓 #iot #homebrewcomputing #6502cpu youtu.be/GFZZXpsBTvMyoutu.beControlling a device with my 6502 Homebrew Computer - IoT like it's 1985!YouTube video by 6502Nerd 1224
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 16/02/2026... Rax just surprised me there are 2 more ready for release :) 030
Reposted by iss6502nerd @6502nerd.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Happy Valentines fellow nerds - here are some more blinkenlights to brighten your already great day😍 Now with a 74HC161 counter for additional dynamics!🤓 youtu.be/FOEHbET1twwyoutu.beBringing blinkenlights to life with a 74HC161 counter!YouTube video by 6502Nerd 073
Reposted by iss6502nerd @6502nerd.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Blinkenlights are back - computers seem more 'alive' when they're flickering lights at you, and if you know what to look for it can even give an idea of what the machine is doing! youtu.be/8r3NSY7bM_wyoutu.beBack to the future - Blinkenlights (again) on my homebrew computer!YouTube video by 6502Nerd 073
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Flood-it : New game for #Oric by [raxiss]. Info and download: raxiss.com/article/id/5...raxiss.comFlood-itFlood-it 010
Reposted by issLectronz: The new maker marketplace. @lectronz.com · 28/01/2026Now in stock on Lectronz: LOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulator lectronz.com/products/loci-oric-bus… #Retrocomputinglectronz.comLOCI - Oric BUS Expansion port and floppy emulatorLOCI is an Oric BUS Expansion port peripheral for Oric-1/Atmos/Pravetz-8D computers. 131
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 17/01/20262048 : New game for #Oric by [raxiss]. Info and download: raxiss.com/article/id/4... 042
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 12/01/2026I finally managed to join one of the Steam thematic fests, Encounter is on sale for one week. 🥳 You can get the game at store.steampowered.com/app/3319780/... or defenceforce.itch.io/encounter for about $2.00. #PrivateInvestigator #retrogaming 043
Reposted by issSodiumlightbaby @sodiumlightbaby.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The threads and discussions around calling it floppy vs diskette got me pondering on a related question - when and where did these terms come from? The rabbit hole is calling! :D 211
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 31/12/2025Well, one couple more thing to add to the list of things done in 2025, with my very first code change to Oricutron (hopefully did not break anything), which was also my very first "pull request". Guess the next step is to update Encounter to use this new version of the emulator! 151
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Merry Christmas with our new release #Columix and #Columixmas-special for #Oric by [#raxiss]! Info and download @DF-forum: 👇 forum.defence-force.org/viewtopic.ph... 053
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 22/12/2025Yesterday I posted my post mortem article (blog.defence-force.org/index.php?pa...) but I had reports that on some browsers or devices the text was rescaled all wrong. I did a CSS change that seemed to have at least fixed the issue in Firefox when screen scaling was larger than 100%. 231
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 20/12/2025"Encounter" was launched exactly one year ago, so here is my post mortem for the game. It's very long, so you can skip at the very end if all you want to know is to get the core numbers (sales, time spent, ...) blog.defence-force.org/index.php?pa... 0124
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 18/12/2025The Winter Sale are on on both Steam and Itch. I only need 15 more sales to reach 300 units sold, that would be a nice round number for the one year anniversary of the game 😇 store.steampowered.com/app/3319780/... defenceforce.itch.io/encounter 033
Reposted by issSodiumlightbaby @sodiumlightbaby.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Oh-boy-oh-boy-oh-boy-oh-boy 🥳 #oric #encounter #game @dbug.defence-force.org 122
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 16/12/2025Since Encounter was released almost one year ago (in 4 days), I'm preparing a post mortem on the project, with financial numbers on number of sales, revenue, etc...💰 Is there anything in particular you would be interested to know about regarding the project?📋 032
iss @oric-iss.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The proud owner of this gorgeous beauty Dbug @dbug.defence-force.org is around can be reached for more info! 😉 030
Reposted by issDbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 02/11/2025Thank to my players I now have a "User Score" on Metacritic. I unfortunately can't have a Metascore because no "serious" publication has reviewed the game. Somebody suggested that I should use my credentials, like "Ex developer from Adeline Software, Eden Game and Funcom" ⤵️ 151
