The 1541 Floppy Drive was equipped with its own MOS 6502 chip and was therefore capable of understanding and executing its own commands (to format the disk, copy files, erase files, etc). The idea was that it could operate autonomously without the attached C64 to get involved – revolutionary at the time. They were called … Read more
I must admit it’s been a while since I’ve loaded files from a C64 and the 1541 Floppy Drive – let alone save programs back to disk. Here’s a quick reference how we did things 30 years ago: Opening Files The C64 BASIC v2 did not have built-in commands for talking to the drive. Instead, … Read more
In this screencast I’ll show you how to power an NSTableView using code. I’m referencing this article for code snippets and details: http://pinkstone.co.uk/how-to-populate-an-nstableview-in-code/ I’ve also made a “no-code” version on how to populate an NSTableView using an Array Controler and Cocoa Bindings here: http://pinkstone.co.uk/how-to-bind-an-nsarraycontroller-to-an-nstableview/ Enjoy! https://wpguru.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/podcast/316-NSTableView.mp4Podcast: Download (Duration: 15:29 — 90.5MB)
In this screencast I will show you how to bind a Table View to an Array Controller in Cocoa, using Xcode 5.1 and OS X Mavericks. We’re using Core Data to save our entries and – check it out – we’re not writing a single line of code! Cocoa Bindings is one of the most … Read more
In this screencast I will show you how to tear down your Core Data Stack. Documentation on this topic is a little sketchy to say the least. We’ll create a new Master/Detail app and implement a button that will remove the store file and reset the entire stack – without nasty error messages or app … Read more
JetPack 3.0 was released yesterday and it had quite a facelift: a new menu structure, dozens of graphical tweaks and a new set of Social Icons for sharing your posts. Those work well out of the box in TwentyThirteen and TwentyFourteen – but not in P2. Here’s how we can fix the problem. First let … Read more
In this video I will show you how to use the Git Branch feature in Xcode 5.1. Branches are helpful if you’re developing your app. You can isolate a “working” version, create a new branch and fiddle with new features that may destabilise your project. You can then commit your changes – working or not … Read more
In this video I will show you how to make use of Tags in Git. This is not supported in Xcode or GitHub for Mac at the time of this recording (April 2014). I will also show you how to utilise the Tag/Release feature on GitHub.com. Tags are a useful feature if you want to … Read more
