// helloworld.c — minimal C64 program in C with Oscar64 // // Builds a .prg that prints "Hello World" on the C64 text screen and exits. // // Build: ../scripts/build.sh // Run: x64 helloworld.prg (or use ../scripts/build.sh -e to run in // the built-in oscar64 emulator) #include int main(void) { // CHR$(147) is PETSCII "clear screen" — same as printf("\f") in C but // emitted as the right byte for the C64's PETSCII character set. putchar(147); // The p"" prefix tells Oscar64 to emit the string as PETSCII, not ASCII. // Without it the C64's character ROM would render garbage because the // character generator maps 'H' to PETSCII 8, not ASCII 72. printf(p"Hello World\n"); return 0; }